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Education?. Really?. "Regarding Europe’s other large countries, the proportions were 47.1% for Britain, 31.9% in Germany (which retains a strong tradition of t

Education?. Really?. "Regarding Europe’s other large countries, the proportions were 47.1% for Britain, 31.9% in Germany (which retains a strong tradition of technical education), 43.6% in France, 40.1% in Spain and 39.1% in Poland." http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130412132724421 http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2013041...

tda 8y ago
From that article Ireland is the most highly educated country in Europe, I never would have guessed that.
- plug 8y ago
  Thinking about it I'm not that surprised - the population is very small, and most people can/do avail of free third-level education.
  - talideon 8y ago
    That's not the reason for it. Rather, there's a very high premium put on having third-level education in Ireland as it was historically one of the ways to get out of poverty, even if that meant emigrating elsewhere. We could do with more people actually doing vocational courses on the German model, but owing to shifts in our economy, that's not as popular as it once was. Also, education in Ireland isn't quite free. Sure, it's inexpensive compared to, say, the US, but the important thing is that access to third-level institutions is radically egalitarian, practically to a fault, owing to how entrance into third-level education works, based on a points score from your top six subjects in your final second-level exams.
- rsynnott 8y ago
  Third level education was free until recently and is still far, far cheaper than cost. It's also a fairly wealthy country.
dahauns 8y ago
As you already imply with Germany: One big problem I have with educational statistics is that they are usually completely ignoring the value of dual education systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_education_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_education_system

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Education?. Really?. "Regarding Europe’s other large countries, the proportions were 47.1% for Britain, 31.9% in Germany (which retains a strong tradition of t

by fabianmg 8y ago

tda 8y ago
From that article Ireland is the most highly educated country in Europe, I never would have guessed that.
- plug 8y ago
  Thinking about it I'm not that surprised - the population is very small, and most people can/do avail of free third-level education.
  - talideon 8y ago
    That's not the reason for it. Rather, there's a very high premium put on having third-level education in Ireland as it was historically one of the ways to get out of poverty, even if that meant emigrating elsewhere. We could do with more people actually doing vocational courses on the German model, but owing to shifts in our economy, that's not as popular as it once was. Also, education in Ireland isn't quite free. Sure, it's inexpensive compared to, say, the US, but the important thing is that access to third-level institutions is radically egalitarian, practically to a fault, owing to how entrance into third-level education works, based on a points score from your top six subjects in your final second-level exams.
- rsynnott 8y ago
  Third level education was free until recently and is still far, far cheaper than cost. It's also a fairly wealthy country.
dahauns 8y ago
As you already imply with Germany: One big problem I have with educational statistics is that they are usually completely ignoring the value of dual education systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_education_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_education_system