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From FARK.com = In Switzerland, education doesn’t have its own national ministry or department. No wonder those morons can only speak 3 languages fluently
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SWITZERLAND: Scientists fear quick results pressure
10 July 2011
Issue: 179
Generations of schoolchildren have learned that Switzerland has only two raw materials: water and bra(name removed by moderator)ower. But important as it is, education has never had a ministry of its own, writes Renat Kuenzi for SwissInfo. Last week, after more than 10 years of discussion, responsibility for higher education and research was switched from the interior to the economics ministry, which already looked after professional training.
The move to bring the two closely related areas together under one roof was widely welcomed by members of parliament across the political spectrum.
But there are some dissenting voices in academic circles themselves. The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, one of whose tasks is to contribute to the public debate about scientific issues, have written to Interior Minister Didier Burkhalter warning that it is a mistake to believe that research can be a direct driver of economic growth.
Full report on the SwissInfo site
More @ universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110709111731974
The main theme here is how badly our public school system has degraded and how unions like SIEU wish to keep it that way. What a better education our kids could get if more were able to attend secular schools!!!
You are well welcome to check out my blog, A Soldier’s Stories.
[then links to this]
SWITZERLAND: Scientists fear quick results pressure
10 July 2011
Issue: 179
Generations of schoolchildren have learned that Switzerland has only two raw materials: water and bra(name removed by moderator)ower. But important as it is, education has never had a ministry of its own, writes Renat Kuenzi for SwissInfo. Last week, after more than 10 years of discussion, responsibility for higher education and research was switched from the interior to the economics ministry, which already looked after professional training.
The move to bring the two closely related areas together under one roof was widely welcomed by members of parliament across the political spectrum.
But there are some dissenting voices in academic circles themselves. The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, one of whose tasks is to contribute to the public debate about scientific issues, have written to Interior Minister Didier Burkhalter warning that it is a mistake to believe that research can be a direct driver of economic growth.
Full report on the SwissInfo site
More @ universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110709111731974
The main theme here is how badly our public school system has degraded and how unions like SIEU wish to keep it that way. What a better education our kids could get if more were able to attend secular schools!!!
You are well welcome to check out my blog, A Soldier’s Stories.