Pear Tree, which opened in March, advertises its program as a solution to the “crisis” in the education system. “Current educational methods do not meet the needs of either the economy or the children they serve,” its web-site states. “Children leave school and university lacking the skills they need to be successful and contribute to the growth of Canada’s economy.(By Janet Steffenhagen, Vancouver Sun)
YGS Results
The results of the Transition to Higher Education Examination (YGS) announced on Friday came as a shock to many, as they revealed a roughly 360 percent rise in the number of students who scored zero in the exam over the past two years, prompting educators to highlight long-standing shortcomings in the Turkish education system. (source Sanday’s Zaman)
Μάλτα Ναί
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Test Anxiety
Around 2 million students took the Transition to Higher Education Examination (YGS) last week, which is the first-round exam of the university entrance system. Damla Orhan, who was only 18, died of a heart attack while she was preparing for the exam early in the morning. A relative of the girl attributed her death to stress brought on by the exam. “She had been anxious about the exam for over a year,” the relative said.(source Today’s Zaman)
Exams in South Korea
Every year the country comes to a halt on the day of the exams, for it is the most important day in most South Koreans’ lives. The single set of multiple-choice tests that students take that day determines their future. Those who score well can enter one of Korea’s best universities, which has traditionally guaranteed them a job-for-life as a high-flying bureaucrat or desk warrior at a chaebol (conglomerate). Those who score poorly are doomed to attend a lesser university, or no university at all. They will then have to join a less prestigious firm and, since switching employers is frowned upon, may be stuck there for the rest of their lives. Ticking a few wrong boxes, then, may mean that they are permanently locked out of the upper tier of Korean society.(The Economist)