What's wrong with your 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?

   The problem with UK’s education system is the fact that people give excuses to the children for their behavior or fails. So the children are not responsible for themselves. There is a “culture of excuses” which can’t help children to understand their rights and their obligations.

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

  This problem exists because of the “culture of excuses”, for example a difficult background can be an excuse for the child behavior. Katerine Birbalsingh think there are too much excuses and so children can’t work for real and be responsible for themselves.

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)

   The government ministers agree with Katerine Birbalsingh’s point of view, they did try to help teachers but they can’t really success. So they think the government is not to blame.

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

  To improve the system Katherine suggest “the idea of being responsible of your-self”, for everyone: pupils and staff and “having this culture of looking after everyone all the time”, get a job and a spot in school and be responsible for that.

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

   If she were given a choice, Katherine would change three things:

-          Trust the teachers, head-teachers… etc…

-          Give them more power, more freedom, to help them to bring discipline in schools.

-          Looking at the exams, they become easier.

   Does the education system of your country have a problem/ several problems too. Which ones? Why would you say that? Which suggestions would you make to improve the situation in your country?

   Of course, our French’s education system has several problems. 

First, we have the same problem that in the UK’s system, the same kind of “culture of excuses” exists in France. Children’s behaviors are forgiven without blame except for the teachers or the school staff. I work in a canteen at lunchtime in a public school and sometimes it’s really hard for us and for the teachers to bring discipline and get silence because the children don’t care about sanctions.

Then, in France our exams become also easier. Soon, we will have our High School Degree without sitting for an exam. With that, our degrees will lose their importance and their meaning and it’s not a great new for us, students and teachers.

Moreover, we are not really good in languages. French people are worse than other people in foreign languages, maybe because of a poor practice of the oral language.

In conclusion, to improve the situation in our country we have to give importance to teachers and school staff,  maybe change the exams or improve them.