Education is "free" (paid by taxes) where I come from (Poland). Private universities are not very popular.
> People shouldn't just accept this sort of thing as normal
It's not "normal", but it's the norm. It's not the fault of the professors, because the truth is they should not teach in the first place, but the education system requires them to.
> make a complaint to the course leader that the lecturer isn't teaching you well enough.
There's no such thing here as the course leader. Most of the time you have a prof. responsible for the theory and another one for the practice.
You can complain to the dean (what multiple students did), but there's no replacement or no one cares.
I don't want to put any blame on the teachers here. I see this as a systemic issue.
> People shouldn't just accept this sort of thing as normal
It's not "normal", but it's the norm. It's not the fault of the professors, because the truth is they should not teach in the first place, but the education system requires them to.
> make a complaint to the course leader that the lecturer isn't teaching you well enough.
There's no such thing here as the course leader. Most of the time you have a prof. responsible for the theory and another one for the practice.
You can complain to the dean (what multiple students did), but there's no replacement or no one cares.
I don't want to put any blame on the teachers here. I see this as a systemic issue.