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I think the best education was the United States back in the early 1900's when we had the one room schoolhouses and parents had to pay for their children to go to that school. There was discipline and teaching going on at that time. And I am sure no teacher looked at the food the children brought to school to eat.
Schools need to get back to the three R's. When you successfully learn the three R's you can move on to learn anything that is in print.
Countries that need rankings to prove how good there are; how far they have progressed; & etc. do not provide the best education. The USA turns out far more world-class entrepreneurs than the rest. Stats? Stats? We don't need no stinkin' stats! If you focus on the stats, then you will find countries that focus on the stats and teach to the stats.
Singapore is always held up as an example of an excellent education system, but having had Singaporean-taught students in my classes, I can say that they are not any better or worse than the run-of-the-mill schools elsewhere. The Chinese (aka Singaporean) system favours rote memorisation and teaching towards the exams. Of course they get high exam marks; many students take hours of after-school tuition in exam preparation. I never met a USA student who studied for exams as much as Chinese students.
But, at the end of the day, companies want people with pleasant personalities, who can get along with colleagues and customers, and come up with creative ideas. Those exam-based schooling systems are very devoid in the development of creativity. And we're not talking about adding classes in creativity; creativity and problem-solving skills are learned on the playgrounds and backyards where kids are allowed to be kids and work things out for themselves.
Well actually Turkey which is located in Europe is not a 3rd world country, it's an emerging country that is growing much more than it's fellow European countries.
In terms of primary school up to high school I would say any country where post education is free: Ireland, Denmark, Syria...etc. There is a lot of competition and if you don't qualify for the free state universities, you will have to pay to go to a private university.
When I think of good quality education I always think of England for some reason.
Well actually Turkey which is located in Europe is not a 3rd world country, it's an emerging country that is growing much more than it's fellow European countries.
Turkey isn't in Europe. A small part of it is but it's largely in Asia.
These are just "rankings" that people who have way too much time on their hands make up to make money.
This is no better than a ranking of US cities "who is the happiest city in USA"
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