Is the Canadian Education system best!!

[srikanth.bi10]

And my question to those people, who say that education is very good in Canada.. can someone please answer. I can see that it is free till high school, but they will collect it with the huge money if opt to go for bachelors... My son which he studied in 1st standard in India, they teach in 3rd standard here, so how is the education superior here

 

[NetMecca]

There are many challenges with education in Canada at this point. Especially primary and high schools, including that the system has totally become a participation trophy system and ability is not really a measure of success any more.

That is not helpful for preparing youth to real world entry. I certainly cannot speak comparatively but though children's education may not cost a lot, unfortunately I believe additional extra-curricular may prove essential if you want your child to succeed in life.

 

[steaky]

No, education is not free. People have to pay either through income or property taxes.

 

[shannon388]

Canadian universities are not expensive if you're local. International fees are exhorbitant.

Canadian and US education system is highly skewed toward the very top.
Until Bachelor they are not superior (and likely teach much less stuff) than many European and Asian countries.
But, their PhD (with a heavy immigrant component in many STEM fields) is world class.

 

[canuck78]

Canadian universities are not expensive if you're local. International fees are exhorbitant.

Canadian and US education system is highly skewed toward the very top.
Until Bachelor they are not superior (and likely teach much less stuff) than many European and Asian countries.
But, their PhD (with a heavy immigrant component in many STEM fields) is world class.

Would disagree. There are some great university bachelor programs but not all schools and programs are equally good. There are a few good college programs but there are many programs and schools that are pretty useless in my opinion. In the US if you go to the large State schools, ivy league or some small well known private colleges you are fine but there are many colleges that provide very little quality education and lots of partying.

 

[keesio]

Schools in Canada and the US are very diverse with lots of variance in quality. You have top notch schools and bad ones. In the US, the variety is even much greater. Many wealthy parents from abroad will send their kids to the US for university if their kids can't make it into a school in their country - and these schools aren't Harvard or MIT lol.