It's not really the schools or teachers - they are generally decent. Some better than others ... but teaching is not rocket science. Basic education is not some magical, mysterious thing. It's mostly straightforward, and a little mundane.
If you have decent students, prepared to learn a bit - which mostly comes from a reasonably positive and stable home - then all you need is basic things to get them to a decent level of literacy.
Surely some systems are better than others but I think it's far more about homes and communities than it is dumping 'bad teachers' and certainly not about making teaching 'competitive'.
It's not really the schools or teachers - they are generally decent. Some better than others ... but teaching is not rocket science. Basic education is not some magical, mysterious thing. It's mostly straightforward, and a little mundane.
If you have decent students, prepared to learn a bit - which mostly comes from a reasonably positive and stable home - then all you need is basic things to get them to a decent level of literacy.
Surely some systems are better than others but I think it's far more about homes and communities than it is dumping 'bad teachers' and certainly not about making teaching 'competitive'.