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Which country has the best education in the world? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

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A good education can help change lives, but some children face huge barriers.

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Every few years, countries around the world compete in global rankings to see which nation is deemed to have the best school system in the world. Schools in Asia often get the best results, and other countries like Estonia and Canada are also highly praised. But in many parts of the world there are often huge barriers to getting children into the classroom at all, such as poverty, climate change, and war.

Finland,Singapore and Japan

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On this episode of The Global Story, Lucy Hockings speaks to the BBC's Sean Coughlan and Professor John Jerrim, from University College London, about which countries have the most successful education systems in the world and what others can learn from them.

00:00 Introduction

WHY IS THERE A MAN SITTING ALONE TODAY WITHOUT A WIFE , SOME CHILDREN, MONEY TO PROVIDE FOR HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, GOD BLESS EVERYONE 😊

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01:50 Pisa education tests

05:10 How do you measure good education?

Actually North Korea best

— @che1

08:25 Successful education systems

12:08 Teacher quality

I'm wondering what they're going to make of the portion of teenagers and children in the US who go to school and yet are unable to read.

— @OG21020

11:27 Education in the United States

13:45 Impact of war and conflict

Singapore’s education system is very a well resourced distillery that is very narrowly focused on producing high grades with those who can’t keep up being distilled out.

The result is a social price of underdevelopment of the discarded that doesn’t show up in any official metric.

I wonder how many other systems are similar? I would assume that many other Asian countries are similar.

— @yawn369

17:01 Are girls outperforming boys?

17:59 How to change an education system

Please ignore Singapore, Hongkong (China), South Korea, and Japan.

They are bred differently and they constantly remind us we people aint the same. Their average kids are more mature, well behaved, and disciplined than average adults from the rest of the world.

Even immigrants from those countries come to the US, they rarely commit crimes. Their children continue excelling in schools. Whats scary? These people are mostly the bottom feeders back in their countries. Thats why they migrated to the US or elsewhere because they couldn't compete with the local people. Yet, they are much more disciplined than American people in the US.

— @iROChakri

19:24 Money and resourcing

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😊🙏 Having responsible , caring & nurturing parents to provide safe , healthy & happy environment to learn the good manners , morality , good spiritual practices , provide good basic home schooling on proper & safe soft exercises like stretching exercises , sit-up , pumping , chin-up , brisk-walking , stair walking , enough sleep , reading , writing , practical languages , mathematics , biology , chemistry , physics , geography , commerce , the arts of drawing & colouring , basic understanding of music & movies before finding schools with responsible teaching staff with smaller teacher to pupil ratio & safer environment to study with less bullying violence & provide useable certificate to apply for higher education for our children when needed to upgrade are the more sensible things to evaluate in educating our children than just choosing a prestigious institution ... 🙏✨💞💐🪷🍑🌍🌿🕊️

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Sth isn't ok here. Education is open for all. I don't think Islam says anything to girls who want to study. Is that directly pointing a specific religion? Probably I am right.

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Taiwan: Japan; singapore; South Korea. Finland; Germany; Canada; Luxemburg....

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Scriptures are free. Most classes in college worth 30 US dollars. Best things are free. Keep life simple. Get roommates to help on rent.

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you first answer that question.

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BBC​ = Bully​ and​ Bullshit​ Corporation

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Long live education........no leters ?👍👍👍

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Great 👍

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Watching from south Sudan 🇸🇸

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Denmark. Theyre going back to pen paper playground practice. Make of it what you will.


2026 reported.

@katb96
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Just typical! By the way it’s been found that these are levels of corruption in how these data are collected.

@PeterMugisha005
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Each country has its own system of education adapted to its culture, environment, and societal needs. Many modern systems focus on learner-centered approaches, where students actively participate in their own learning process. For example, New Zealand emphasizes tailoring lessons to students’ interests, promoting self-directed learning and critical thinking skills.
It is important to integrate this kind of approach because it connects education with real-world challenges, encourages equity, and supports interdisciplinary activities. In addition, it helps students develop problem-solving abilities, creativity, and independence, which are essential skills in today’s globalized world. Teachers also play a key role as facilitators, guiding students rather than simply transmitting knowledge

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Very good

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England and france tight is never lasting after endevouring a train constuction?if concrete management.since 2 decade?heakthy person is 49 kg?metabolic disorder?with apology with volkeyball

@AshenafiAdinew-d4j
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Work ethic.
Eastern Europe and Asia lead the way.
21:48

@brendanguildea7950
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Education is kind of link to culture while reverse is also true.
I saw some video point to Finland education. But be remind that most of them are white and their parents are under their own 'cuture'. if you do the same, like in UK, now so many muslims and religious students. it might won't work as it is. it is not about 'education' system anymore anyway.

@yaulkwong3775
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If you are a rich people, everywhere are good for your kids, But for most common people , I think Asian education is the best one. Everyone can afford and get a Undergraduate degree, You can choose every major and it is ez to finish it.

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Can’t be America they voted for Trump TWICE ……

@Anthony-9209
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Excelent
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Fantastic video, really appreciate your effort!

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Great video! Really enjoyed it.

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Podcast for unprofessional behaviour in Papua New Guinea

@williepetermandihina
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Heard of Mauritius?😊

@MauritiusIslands
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Thanks very much

@AndriiTumachok
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Excellent

@ahmedsaud1365
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A very important issue raised by BBC. Well done

@PauloSilva-nh8og
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I want in passage, please?

@williepetermandihina
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Is that a serious question? Most advanced degrees like MBAs are nothing more than a glorification of greed. You are trained to maximize profits, soup up financial statements, cut corners at the expense of quality, etc. Boeing is a classic example. Innovation is costly, , so Boeing kept its basic design for over 50 years, tweaking it to accept more efficient engines, resulting in two catastrophic crashes. You need STEMs, not fancy MBAs, which is easily replaced by AI. But I am speaking to the wind, as these inept executives who control the company are ultra-MBA-schooled. In China, MBAs are second fiddle to engineers and scientists. You have to prove yourself as a STEM before you become an MBA. That is the secret sauce, which is why China will eventually dominate the world in tangible business, not financial paper shuffling.

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For me YouTube is the best school

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The Japanese education system is being criticized. students called "EBSA" in recent years.

@kanade-jd6zn
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So long as we in the United States continue to fool ourselves in thinking we are exemplary because we are the United States, our education system will never catch up to other countries.

@tommygun80127
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Love how you explain everything without unnecessary editing. Straight value.

@rutuja.shinde55
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Would love to know if there was a follow up to this discussing the culture supporting learning, not just mechanisms and money. It is an entire ecosystem. That is probably also a failure to not see it such.

@mixedgems
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Pisa tests are flawed. The Chinese choose the schools - the best ones, and in Germany some bad schools have been chosen in the past. Of course the British private schools are excellent, but are not selected. British state schools are focusing more on woke issues than traditional subjects nowadays. However, this was stiil a good and informative video.

@marymills2298
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anyone notices how many kids wearing glasses in that asian classroom?

@Meryl-ok1ix
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I was born and raised in Singapore, I got the education system there & currently I’m living in UK but honestly the education system here has lots of catching up to do. The teachers are excellent and the support is amazing.

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Where 'cleverness' (or in other terms, instruction, logic...) is an absolute needed ressource (no oil...), where input into education is seen as the most important: Estonia, Singapore, Taiwan, Finland for instance.

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🙏 Education must for all,as, food, with out education we are nothing 🙏

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