What's wrong with our education system?

1. Katherine Birbalsingh believes that there is a problem with UK's education system. Can you identify it within the first three minutes of the video? What is the problem?

Yes, I can. According to Katherine, the education system in Britain is broken and the students have formed a excuse culture. It's not only the responsibility of the teachers or the children. But what I got from the first three minutes of the video is only one of the aspects which exist in UK's education system.

2. Why does this problem exist according to this teacher? (from 3 min to 4 min 26 sec)

The country forget to give the freedom to teachers because of the criticize system. Though the majority of the public have realised or understood what the teacher, the teachers still feel unfair and not be respected by the public.

3. What do the government ministers think about this problem? Who is to blame for the condition? (from 4 min 30 till about 6 min)

He strongly agreed with what Katherine said. However, he also stated that the government did try their best to support the education. The ministers thinks the teachers play a big roal in this issue.

4. Which suggestions does Katherine make to improve the system? (6-7 min)

The teachers should be responsible themselves. Give freedom to teacher and the people should trust our teachers more.

5. Which changes would Katherine make in the education system if she were given a choice? (till the end of the video)

The first thing is to impower teachers and headteachers to be able to do what necessary bring about the discipline in their schools. The second thing is to give freedom to the teachers and trust them more to get rid of the complain culture. And then is to improve the quality of the exams.

China’s education system

As a Chinese student, that’s enough to have an opinion with the problem of the education system of my country, (specifically high schools)

- Too many students in one classe

- Classe division according to overall, as opposed to subject-specific, test scores

- Overworked students, no time for anything but studying

- Overly high emphasis on memorization

According to me, It's necessary to improve the discipline in high schools.