going backwards. Dear Editor‚ I selected this topic from your newspaper heading. ‘Prime Minister Julia Gillard’ set an ambitious goal for Australian education to be ranked as a top-five country in reading‚ mathematics and science by 2025. But according to the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) Report‚ in 2000‚ Australia’s education system was ranked number two in the world for reading and mathematics and ranked three for science. Today‚ we’re number eight for science‚ number ten for
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The Singapore education system has been noted for the high stress of participating students. The education system‚ with its unique characteristics and unique needs‚ had led to the establishment of the streaming system in 1984. The implementation of streaming was to cater to the needs of each student according to his or her academic ability. Streaming sought to prevent the occasion where academically inclined students become insufficiently challenged with the educational curriculum and weaker students
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A Profile of the Indian Education System Gretchen Rhines Cheney‚ Betsy Brown Ruzzi and Karthik Muralidharan Paper prepared for the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce November 2005 ©National Center on Education and the Economy‚ 2006 A Profile of the Indian Education System Gretchen Rhines Cheney Betsy Brown Ruzzi and Karthik Muralidharan November 2005 India‚ with more than a billion residents‚ has the second largest education system in the world (after China)
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Why our education system does not need more F’s There are many fundamental things wrong with our educational system. Children seem to not understand that getting good grades are integral to success. Carl Singleton‚ in his essay “What our Education System Needs is More F’s”‚ believes that the answer to this dilemma comes in teachers giving more failing grades to all the children who do not learn the material. I feel that this is not the best answer to this issue. Due to bell curve dynamics are
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don’t agree with some of my friends here‚ that there are disadvantages with co-education. It totally depends on the "INDIVIDUAL" how he/she takes the things and here "Attitude and Behavior" also plays very crucial role. If they have mutual understanding they can’t go with wrong things right. Co-education refers to a mixed schooling system‚ where boys and girls learn together under one single roof. A co-education school system mitigates any impartation and difference between girls and boys. They play
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Do you have a creative as a four-year-old kid? Do you express your creativity often? There might be few of us who would answer‚ “Yes” to these questions. If you are one of them then keep it up. But most of us would say a big “No” looking at the deprivation of creativity in our day today lives. Lack of creative expression creates a life lacking in meaning and fulfillment. Some of us are so creatively dead that we feel this skill is essential only for artists‚ writers and musicians and not for everyone
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The American education system requires that students complete 12 years of primary and secondary education prior to attending university or college. Although admission policies vary from one university to the next‚ most determine admission based on several criteria‚ including a student ’s high school course of study‚ high school Grade Point Average (GPA)‚ participation in extracurricular activities‚ SAT or ACT exam scores‚ a written essay‚ and possibly a personal interview. University students
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Uniform education system Education has always been the foremost factor in leading a civilized life. Without education we are not even able to write or read something. Imagine a life without education‚ we would be no better than people living in Stone Age. Education has enabled us to change many things in our world as Nelson Mandela said “Education is the most important weapon which you can use to change the world” . Due to the immense significance of education‚ such education system should be devised
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The system of education in Russia Russia has a long-standing tradition in high-quality education for all citizens. It probably has also one of the best mass-education systems in the world producing a literacy rate (98%) exceeding most Western European countries. That’s why I’d like to speak about it. The education in Russia is divided into 3 big parts: pre-school education‚ secondary school and university-level education. Pre-school education. According to the statistics‚ about 70% of children
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No doubt education is the bedrock of development of any country or nation. But unfortunately Education in Nigeria is bisected with myriads of problems. The aim of the study is to identify and provide solutions to the problems that are mitigating about the success in the education sector of the country. For meaningful development to take place in the educational sector; the government need to re-address the issue of multiple system of education‚ diversification in the education system‚ unstable curriculum
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