Campaign:NHNE/General/Education
General[edit]
Formal Education in the New Earth System is split into Lower-School Education (6-9), Middle-School Education (10-13) and High-School Education (14-17). Further education (18+) is then split into Undergraduate Education - culminating in a Degree or Commission - and Post-Graduate Education - culminating in a Masters Degree or Doctorate.
There is some pre-school play-group/education provision for younger children.
Lower-School Education[edit]
Attendance at Lower-Schools is generally mandated by the states in the New Earth System. Education at this level concentrates on basic socialisation and foundational skills. The Belt has extensive distance learning options due to the dispersed nature of its populations, but most states require physical attendance in a school.
Middle-School Education[edit]
Attendance at Middle-Schools is generally mandated by the states in the New Earth System. Distance learning options are generally mixed with physical attendance in a school.
High-School Education[edit]
These culminate in School Certificates of Education that are generally agreed to be equivalent throughout the New Earth System and the examining bodies are reviewed by an arm of the New Earth Council. Distance learning options are generally mixed with physical attendance in a school.
Undergraduate Education[edit]
Universities[edit]
Most states maintain a University, although those with populations below 1,000,000 find it hard (or impossible) to do so. Some universities provide extensive distance learning options - although some states (e.g. New Heaven) forbid cross-border enrolement.
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Not every state maintains its own academies - some smaller states rely on those of friendly governments. In general, attendance is required in person at these academies.
| State | Academy | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Llamas | Llamas Military Academy |
Post Graduate Education[edit]
Medical Schools[edit]
The cost of operating medical schools means that these are not created by every state. These schools are attached to University Hospitals and physical presence is required.
| State | School | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Touchdown | Kamba Medical School |
Research Institutes[edit]
These tend to be commercially run but many state and private terraforming institutes exist to support climate and ecological transformations on their worlds. Many are secure facilities and have extensive restrictions on information flow out of their laboratories.
| State | Institute | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nairobi | Kilimanjaro Institute | |
| Ares-Down | Olympus Research | n.b. Every settlement on Ares is a research station. |
| West Sapphire | University of West Sapphire | Specialising in Media and Social Administration |