Snowy560

Hi did anyone read this?:

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40708421

Stinkypup

I have now, and am gobsmacked- if Canada is in the top tier, then God only knows how bad it is elsewhere in the world.

scrubbedexpat091

If 55% have been through higher education, explains some of the difficulty in finding jobs if one has not.

Looking at what my wife went through in high school vs me, even 20 years ago it appears BC was doing something right.

Trying to do high school level upgrading now and well high school level classes are far harder here.

I kind of think the education in Canada may not be half bad.

Yorkiechef

Canada is a super power in generating income from education. WES, IQAS, Language tests to get to Uni, application costs to have your education recognized, ridiculous fees for memberships. Listen Canadians....if you fall ill in Uk, don't get treatment in Uk, our doctors and nurses are not upto scratch according to your experts. FFS! By the way, stop trying to recruit these second class professionals in UK in order to prop up your own inadequate medical cover in Canada. Talk about double standards, professionals don't like being forced back to education to de-skill. Rant over.

Stinkypup

What are you on about?

BristolUK

I'm sure things have changed since I was at school
But when I first knew the stepkids I had the impression they were at a level in school much more advanced than I was at that age.

But then ask them to find anywhere on a map outside of North America - Canada, even - and they would have likely got the wrong continent or guessed wildly.

They believed that Russia was always cold, England always wet and London permanently shrouded in fog.

I exaggerate a little but perhaps it illustrates a difference which I'm not sure how to describe.

I'm tempted to say the difference between educational standards and knowledge. Or something.

Snowy560

And how many people in the UK think Canada is always cold everywhere?!

BristolUK

Good point, but at least they probably know where it is.

Almost Canadian

My daughter is starting an engineering degree next month here in Canada. I believe her tuition fees are approximately half in dollars what those in most parts of the UK will pay in pounds each year. And, as I understand it, engineering is one of the more expensive subjects.

magnumpi

It's almost mandatory to get a higher education in canada, without it you will only be expected to work for minimum wages, which actually won't be too bad by next year at 15$ an hour

geoff52

I would concur broadly with the article.

I moved from the UK nearly thirty years ago to Toronto and both of my kids went through the Canadian education system and have done extremely well.

My relatives kids have all done very well in terms of education.

Probably first generation immigrant syndrome.

Teachers have a higher statues and are better paid in Canada compared to UK.

Snowy560

A lot of people in the UK think Canada is the same as or an extension of the US!

scrubbedexpat091

15/hr is still not enough to live in Metro Vancouver...lol..

But yes pretty much impossible in Canada to get a decent job without college of some sort.

All one has to do is look at some of the programs schools offer, many of those jobs really dont need higher education.

BristolUK

A lot assume it to be an extension of the UK too. The Queen and all...

America Lite is often not an inaccurate description though.

Yorkiechef

Just getting something off my chest, probably has little to do with the original post, call it thread drift?...😉