Educational systems

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Yesterday I read in the news that in Singapore teachers will no longer give grades. It was quite surprising, considering that in most international tests their students get the highest results. However, they decided that their students should not focus on grades. Also in Finland, the schooling system is going to be changed. These changes are quite radical but it is great that in these countries the government is thinking about the future and did realize that education is actually what creates it. However, my second thought on this topic was not so optimistic because I realized that in Poland the situation is quite the opposite. I often feel as if the government was trying to lower the education level (maybe because it is easier to rule stupid people). It will probably take ages  to get to where for example Finland or Singapore are now or will get soon. I do not only mean the results we have (in comparison to other countries these are not the worst), but also the emotions the school in general causes in the society. Most of us do not think well of it and being a teacher is definitely not a dream job of many people. It is really important to change it but, considering the current situation of Polish education, it will probably not be much different for the next few generations.

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  1. englishdiary21 listopada 2018 07:28

    Education has never been a priority for Polish authorities. It seems that the relationship between the quality of education on the one hand and economic prosperity and the society's wealth on the other hand is too ellusive for our politicians. The only times when Poles seemed to care about education were when our national culture or language were threatened - then we even had underground education systems. Maybe it's not such a bad idea now?

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  2. Kacper Cybiński25 listopada 2018 10:38

    The education here in Poland now seems to be focused on deep indoctrination of students in some areas, and not providing them with the set of qualities and skills they would need in the world that's waiting for them outside school. I agree with You that it's quite unlikely to change soon, for two main reasons: 1. As we are quite conservative and traditionalist country, not much people support radical changes especially in educational system 2. We lack high-profile politicians who would care about the interest of children instead of their own

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