Small flute provided in further education (4)
I believe the answer is:
fife
'small flute' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'provided in further education' is the wordplay.
'provided' becomes 'if' (eg 'provided it's sunny' means 'if it's sunny').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'further education' becomes 'fe' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'if' put within 'fe' is 'FIFE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fife that I've seen before include "Mil. flute" , "Scottish division" , "Small flute, often accompanied by drum" , "St Andrews area" , "Military flute" .)