Do you think the British education system is easy compared to other countries example: Asia or USA?

Question

Some say that the British educational system is easy with GCSEs, A-Levels etc. There are no entrance exams when it comes to entering universities.

What do you think?

Do you agree or disagree that the British educational system is not tough enough compared to other countries educational system?

What's your view?

Answer 1

There is no such thing as the British educational system. In Scotland we have a separate education system from the rest of the UK.

Answer 2

I don't think it's necessarily 'easy', it's just better fit for some.

To me, I see the British uni system as allowing students to focus on what they want to study, whereas in the US, you have to be an all-around good student to get into a top school (in my opinion, a waste of time, as in the real world you really only need one specialisation). The worst is Japan in opinion, because it doesn't matter if you did well in high school or not, you just have to do well in that ONE exam to get in uni.

Personally, I picked the UK system cuz it's specialised :D

Answer 3

Exams are really easy nowadays. It is scary the amount of people actually failing them. I could have sat todays GCSE's when I was in primary school and get A's. All to do with Government figures, targets and interference. Nothing to do with the students.

Answer 4

I can only go by what my children tell me and while one says it's hard I think she's just saying that, but when both say the same I tend to believe them.

Answer 5

not really i think none of the studies are harder its just the way u look at it for some people its different then others  

Answer 6

well the british education system is much better than in USA cos the US education system is rubbish, as statistics prove

as for asia well it depends which asian country you mean

the BIG problem with the british education system is that it doesnt teach students to think, it only teaches them to pass exams

Answer 7

The UK education system emphasizes different things than does that of, say, the USA or Japan. In Japan, it's rote memorization that is key. In the US, the emphasis is on breadth of study rather than depth, so US students actually study more subjects than do their UK counterparts. In the UK, it's more about depth of study, fewer subjects in more depth.

Britain uses the A levels as college entrance exams. The top unis all require them. In fact, if you want to do a certain course at uni, you need to take a certain series of A levels, and if you want Oxford, you'd better score better than AAA! So I'd argue that the UK does very much have college entrance exams.

I would argue that, in many ways, the British "school" system (below age 18) is stronger than that of the US. However, the US university system is stronger than that of the UK. Of course there are individual British unis that are top ranked, but in general, the US uni system is stronger, especially in tech, business and science.

I'd argue that the Japanese educational system is one of the toughest in the world. It's harsh. Memorize memorize memorize, take an exam, and if you do well enough, you get into uni, where you memorize some more. If you don't do well, there are no other options. No other paths to uni. No access courses or foundation years. Harsh.

But does that make Japan's system better than that of the US? Is their focus on memorization and learning by rote superior to the US's focus on creativity? Or, in an ideal system, would there be some combo of both?