HappySqurriel said:
Actually, education is entirely within provincial jurisdiction; and the only involvement in education from the federal government is indirect financing through tansfer payment ... and even with how much better the Canadian education system is, we're still "failing" far too many students being that (depending on the study) around 15% to 20% of high-school graduates are functionally illiterate and (while not well studied) a similar or larger portion of highschool graduates are functionally innumerate. Now, the federal government having some involvement in the educational system does not doom the system, but it is foolish to think that you can create a uniform system that can address the challenges of a small rural school and an inner city school. |
Over curriculum yes, it is entirely Provincial, but there do exist things like INAC where the Federal government launches programs or has departments that focus on specific interests and groups.
Over the issue of literacy, I agree, it seems that standards are dropping but I think that problem goes beyond in schools. (albeit a contributing factor) I think a big problem is how much reading kids are doing nowadays.
