News Report: Canadians well-educated. (high school, university, statistics)

[JD59]

OTTAWA, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- More than 90 percent of Canadian young adults have finished high school and more than half are college or university graduates, a new report says.

The report, "Education Indicators in Canada," compares the country to others in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and suggests Canada is one of the best-educated in the world.

Report: Canadians well-educated - UPI.com

[marc3565]

All I'm seeing is a quick summary of the study but just because you have 90 percent doesn't equal more educated... You'd have to have a good comparison of how educated a Canadian High School graduate is compared to another countries High School's graduate. Not all High school diplomas are equal. Some countries don't even have the same structure so you aren't comparing similar items.

It does seem encouraging when they see improvement over the same stats within Canada from previous years.

[The_gateway]

Read the recent copy of Newsweek, where we placed 2nd in the world overall behind Finland.
For all the countries in the world that is one he** of an accomplishment.
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/i...countries.html

[ThroatGuzzler]

90% seems pretty low to be honest. That's one highschool dropout for every ten people... It should be 99%.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ThroatGuzzler

90% seems pretty low to be honest. That's one highschool dropout for every ten people... It should be 99%.

Trust me, that is very good.

[Galina_T]

I am not much a fan of statistics myself, but I liked this one. Thank you for sharing!

[eskercurve]

This is probably an indicator that Canadian children are better adjusted, in general, than many other nations, both socially and educationally.

I find it particularly welcome since children who succeed in Canada aren't driven to the same depths of competition as other places, like Japan, which tends to drive a higher suicide rate.