By Yasir Mungani
As the class of 2021 reaches its goal and prepares for graduation at East, what might a student of the equivalent education level in a different country be doing? Each country that will be mentioned has a different approach to higher education, which makes them uniquely tethered to the goal of preparing students for success. Abdirahman Ali, who is in his second year of college in the United Kingdom is currently preparing for his A-level exams. N, now keep in mind that college is merely junior and senior year for our British friends over in the UK. What exactly are “A-levels”? Ali had this to say, “Essentially, A-levels are the exams correspondent to every college student’s concentration, which consists of 3-4 courses that a year long.” After its introduction in 1988, The National Curriculum1 has been providing the framework of education for children between the ages of 5-18. The British system goes by years, a typical student would start with Nursery, then go on to Reception and then year one till year 13, after that comes postsecondary education/University. Pretty nerve-wracking for some final exams to decide where you end up, no? “There are several paths to take to University, but obtaining your A-levels as well as the other general requirements is the popular choice among prospective university students,” said the 18-year-old IT and Engineering student. And to think this would’ve been East students if a bunch of old white men didn’t get angry over tax on tea. Our American education system is easy to comprehend, for Americans that is, but do you think Non-Americans believe the same? Yasmin Hussein, a year 12 (junior) student in London shared, “It’s a bit difficult to grasp you guys’ education system, I believe that’s because you’re a much larger nation and the states have much influence over education, but I always loved watching movies and seeing students break out into songs in the hallways, but it turns out it stays in the movies.” How does the nation with the largest population attack education? In 2014, The National Bureau of Statistics of China2 reported that within their 514,000 schools, there are 15 million teachers employed, and nearly 260 million students enrolled. Much like the United States, China’s education system is state-run3 Though pre-primary education is not compulsory in China, students start nine years of primary education between the ages of six and seven, which is compulsory. Maybe this doesn’t seem bad to students in Turkey, considering Turkey’s adoption of the 4+4+4 system of compulsory education since 2012.4 With the variety of paths each nation has developed for their future leaders, it is certain that it works best for them, even with continuous change being made by governments, there is far too much achieved, and even more left to achieve.
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Lynn Girven
2/1/2021 05:08:37 pm
This is super interesting to me! In the northern European countries teachers are respected like doctors. Within our country, each state has different requirements. Your dipolma from NYS is more valuable than you can imagine. Some states have very lax requirement. I always felt that children were tracked early on in Europe. You have raised interesting questions.
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