Relief...contre la planéité

Le Rapport de compétitivité global du Forum économique mondial situe le Canada au 15e rang parmi 100 pays. Le premier rang revient à la Finlande, un pays où pourtant les élèves passent moins d’heures en classe que la plupart des pays industrialisés. Ce qui ne l’empêche pas d’avoir l’un des meilleurs systèmes scolaires. Son secret : investir dans l’éducation. …

Un rapport de la BBC jette la lumière sur les succès de cet autre pays nordique :

- Education key to economic survival : the country’s educational success can be attributed to the « unified » school system, which sees children staying at the same school between the ages of seven and 16, rather than having primary and secondary schools.


- School that becomes a family : The system of a single school, with a familiar environment, « makes children feel safer, » she says, with less likelihood of bullying and an easier transition into the teenage years and then to the next stage of schooling.


- Helsinki’s sporting chance : In the Finnish system, the core subjects are also very broad, including elements of languages, sciences, maths, humanities, psychology, religion and philosophy.


- Why should we care? : education systems, like economies, are now in a global market, with a well-educated workforce now considered a vital component in a nation’s success.