Learning from other education systems

By Datuk Dr Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid. NATION states in competition define realities. A comprehensive construction of change which provides coherence of reality sees the continuity of policies from primary to tertiary levels of education.
The quest to make connections between the education system and economic development has driven nations to try to borrow the best practices in policies and practices from other systems.
However, always, uncritical educational transfers of educational policies and practices have led to failures at the level of implementation.
Today, sometimes, almost to the point of obsession at tertiary levels, nations define and measure the success of their tertiary institutions in terms of global rankings constructed by Shanghai Ziao Ton University - Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Times Higher Education World Rankings, and QS World Universities Ranking, or similar education ranking protocols. Read more...