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Originally Posted by suarezn
...and the above post from grst818 (spamming us) shows why some people get strangled and every applauds their death...
On a different note...Great thread which even though we've discussed it in the past is always good to revisit. One thing though, where are the figures that show that only 1 out of 10 graduates from High School. I'm truly shocked if that's the case...it seems to me that nowadays almost everyone graduates at least from High School (At least everyone in my family).
Here's a link to an interesting article by renowned reporter Andres Oppenheimer on things that The DR (all Latin America really) could learn from Finland regarding the importance of education.
Finlandia, un ejemplo para Latinoamérica - 09/03/2008 - El Nuevo Herald |
I think you are on to something here. But it's not just time to model other systems, it's time to actually hire someone with experience building one. Yes, that means hiring someone from "afuera" but, hey, there's nobody in the Dominican government (or private sector) with such credentials that I am aware of. We've had dozens of "Alejandrina Germans" over the years and none of them have been able to pull off much.
As for the data of 1/10 graduating from high school, that number is 2 years old and might have crept up to 1.something by now. However, don't confuse that with progress. About a year ago a representative from the Ministry of Education told me during a meeting that "we have one of the best systems in Latin America because we don't let people fail." Also remember that the majority of those graduates come from the public school sector and lack the basic level of skills that you would normally associate with high school grads.
RHM