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There has long been a fascination with comparing the UKs teaching system with whats
in place elsewhere in the world.
Everyone from Ofsted chief Michael Wilshaw to the former education secretary Michael
Gove have expressed admiration for Singapores education system, where young pupils
achieve highly in maths.
Research has now found that the education system in Finland offers the best value for
money, with teachers achieving high Pisa scores, despite getting moderate salaries and
teaching relatively large classes.
The study of 30 OECD member nations by Gems Education Solutions, compared
government average spends on teaching, which makes up 80% of most education
budgets, with pupil results in Pisa tests assessing the reading, maths and science skills of
15 year olds.
Finland was ranked first, followed by Korea, the Czech Republic and Hungary, in terms
of efficiency. Brazil and Indonesias education systems provided the least value for
money, the study found.
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The report also found that the UK would need to increase the number of pupils to every
one teacher in school and cut salaries around by nearly 10% to match Finlands Pisa
scores. However, the studys authors did not advise making these changes, noting that
other cultural factors should be taken into consideration such as family attitudes
towards education.
Given the various reports available, we have put together some data to explore how the
job of a teacher varies around the world.
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