Dany Escobar
18th April 2012 |
is very good this page |
Nick
10th April 2012 |
I wish our education was more longer for my children |
michael skipp
7th October 2011 |
excellent post Harry. I am doing some research for an education essay and it is interesting that teachers (one of which I shall be) have the envious position of having their very professional existence guarenteed by legislation. Ironically, it is the only other profession, that of politicians and by extension beurocrats, that enjoy the status of legislated existence who dictate the terms of the teaching profession. Overall, teachers are good at what they do. Further, the legislation and availability of education and indeed explicit goverment policy is formed via the best of intentions; eg that every person be given a chance to learn. But somehow this egalitarean, philanthropic interest in the public (and individual) good doesn't always translate to beneficial outcomes. Clearly, as always, it is the most marginalised of all people on earth that are further marginalised by the worthy and lofty goals of mainstream society. Teachers have the opportunity to use this knowledge to reverse the marginalisation of the most vulnerable children in society. Many take advantage of this opportunity, some don't, but they all work within legislative and constitutional guidelines. The population at large needs to be more assertive in demanding more flexible and caring guidelines for the teaching profession. Blaming governments or educators for simply operating within the provisions of public dictates does not address the fact that it is the public dictates that are inadequate rather than those of teachers or indeed students. I am not suggesting you are blaming anyone but I feel that society in general should place a higher priority on education. |
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17th June 2011 |
USA has a great education system, i wish I got an education from there just like my children than New Zealand :(
New Zealand education system sucks! |
Ben NZ
9th August 2010 |
Hi there good info just to let you know
New Zealand students attend school 13 years or 14 under special circumstances |
Audrius
17th April 2010 |
It is strange that such big countries as:Egypt,CongoDR,Iran,South and North Koreas,Taivan,Uganda,Uzbekistan,Yemen are not in this data list. |
elleasaurrawr
14th April 2010 |
The United States allows you to drop out of school at age 16. |
Sara
17th March 2010 |
Anthony - we go through 12th grade here and Kindergarten is not legally required for all children in all states. This means that 12 is the correct number for the United States. Remember these are years of required schooling per country - not average years of actual schooling. |
Sir. Reginald Bartholomue
10th December 2009 |
Learned is good!! :) |
Anthony
4th May 2009 |
You are wrong about the United States, my friend. |
Brittany (USA)
17th November 2008 |
The US schooling system is different from most. First off, we don't test our young students to see if they will be allowed to go to school after a certain year. Second, it also depends on if a person wants to go to a University or if they don't even want to go the whole 12 years. So saying that 12 years is how long United States students attend schooling is either an understatement of overstatement. |
Kimberly (California)
11th April 2007 |
The statistics for the US are not correct. Each state has its own laws regarding compulsory attendance. For example, the ages in California are from 6 to "under 18" but in Alabama they are between the ages of 7 and 16. |
Regina Kratzer (Berlin, Germany)
5th January 2007 |
The facts about compulsary education are not correct: 13 years is the maximum for those wanting to enter University. Compulsary are only 9 to 10 years depending on the state you live in! |
Edria
25th March 2005 |
Education is one of the criteria for determining the United Nations HDI (Human Development Index)
For most contries the current number of years of compulsory education is higher than the average years of schooling for adults . This is primarily due to increases in the duration of compulsory education.
This difference is most pronounced in developing nations where compulsory schooling has only recently been introduced, such as Mali, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau. Despite the move towards compulsory education, many developing nations still have a low proportion of primary school age children, especially girls , who are enrolled at any school. |
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