LETTER: Education critique misses the mark
Public schools should be held to a higher standard to undo the legacies of the past
Gavin Barnett’s response to my letter on achieving a quality public education for all refers (“Potential dropouts and the gifted need attention” (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2019-11-28-letter-potential-dropouts-and-the-gifted-need-attention/), November 28).
The issue is not specific to Canada, but because I studied and worked in that educational system I used it as an example of what can be achieved when parents, teachers and authorities truly put learners first. In the most recent round of international Pisa tests, Canada was one of a few countries that climbed into the top 10 for maths, science and reading, while it has the highest percentage (55% vs 35% for the rest of the world) of working-age adults with higher education...
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