About the world's brains and their drain.
Usually, if the rating does not concern territory or inflation, then Russia takes "prize" places in the tail. However, there is still gunpowder in the Russian rating powder flasks, and in the recently published rating of the smartest countries in the world, Russia took the honorable 8th place and not at all from the end. Let's see whose citizens are the smartest.
The British site vouchercloud.com decided to determine the smartest ones, they thought about which countries are making or have made the greatest contribution to science. The activities of this company are not in any way connected with the compilation of ratings of the most-most or with statistics, they only distribute coupons for discounts, therefore the data on the basis of which the rating is compiled are taken from open sources.
Each country was scored on three points:
1) Glorious scientific past - the number of Nobel laureates, 2) Intellectual present - average IQ of citizens, 3) High-tech future - the level of school education.
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Vouchercloud recognized Japan as the smartest country. In the Land of the Rising Sun it is good both with Nobel laureates (6th place), and with IQ (6th place), and in schools the Japanese are taught well (5th place). But in the USA, where everything is just wonderful with the Nobel Prize winners (there are already 368 of them), the people's IQ is bad (28th place). It is even worse with IQ in Russia (32nd place), but our schoolchildren showed the result twice better than the American ones. It turns out that we are doing well with the future, soon we will become even smarter on average, and it is better not to think about the inaccuracy of the rating.
It is curious that the UK and Canada are very much behind in school education, 30 and 34 places respectively.
It is also curious that Finland ranks 23rd in terms of school education, but the Finnish education system is often cited as the most effective example. Finnish children, by the way, don't do their homework.
Singapore closes the list, although in the second and third points the city-state is ahead of the whole world. If it were not for the Nobel laureates, then all the first places would have taken the countries of Asia. If we take the data on IQ, then all the first places will be taken by Asia: Singapore, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan. As for school education, the same is true - the first five places are occupied by Asian countries, the sixth is Russia. But here it is necessary to make a reservation that the data on IQ were taken from statistics for 2012, so that over 6 years someone managed to grow wiser, and someone became dumber. Data on schoolchildren four years ago. Moreover, the British used only the percentage of schoolchildren with good grades, did not compare the school curriculum and did not take into account the success of schoolchildren at international Olympiads. Singapore has 71.37% of such schoolchildren, and 38.46% in Russia. At the same time, our indicator could be strongly influenced by schoolchildren from the Caucasus, who often receive 100 points on the exam.
The authors of the list conclude that smart kids will soon grow up, Asia will overtake America and Europe in the number of Nobel laureates and then become the absolute leader in science and education, and "Western ideas will not dominate as before."
Since Singaporeans are ahead of the planet in education, let's take a look at how the Singaporean education system works.
School education in Singapore is not entirely free, parents pay 13 Singapore dollars a month for school expenses (about 650 rubles). Children from poor families are supported by the state. From 6 to 10 years old, children all schoolchildren study according to the general program, and from 10 to 12 they begin to prepare for the transition to secondary school. The child prepares for those subjects that he likes best. Based on the results of the exams, the child enters secondary school, further education is also carried out depending on the success in primary school. There are 5 courses of study in high school: special, standard, express, normal academic, pre-professional. Those who do not strive to get a good education and do not have a craving for study will not be tormented by difficult subjects for five years, but will be sent to a class with a four-year express training. University education is paid, but much cheaper than in Western Europe and the USA. There are government programs to support talented students, as well as companies interested in employing graduates give grants for training. Schools are taught in English, but the mother tongue (Tamil, Malay or Chinese) is also taught. Critics of the Singaporean education system say that Singaporean schools are not taught to think, but to cram and take exams. Singapore traditionally ranks first in terms of education. Malay or Chinese) is also being studied. Critics of the Singaporean education system say that Singaporean schools are not taught to think, but to cram and take exams. Singapore traditionally ranks first in terms of education. Malay or Chinese) is also being studied. Critics of the Singaporean education system say that Singaporean schools are not taught to think, but to cram and take exams. Singapore traditionally ranks first in terms of education.
As for higher education, universities in the United States and Great Britain traditionally hold the lead in all sorts of ratings. In the World University Ratings, there are 5 US universities, 4 UK universities and 1 Swiss university in the top ten. Two universities in Singapore at 11 and 12 places. The main university of Russia, Moscow State University. Lomonosov in 90th place.
But how do graduates get a job and where do they go to work? Brain drain is what should be added to the ranking of the smartest. According to the latest data, the number of Russians who have received higher education who go to work abroad is increasing. More than half of the scientists are ready to leave Russia and do not plan to return to apply their experience in their homeland. The picture shows the results of the survey.
Igor Ashmanov, one of the founders of the Russian IT industry, recently proposed a way to deal with the leak. He spoke about "credited" Americans who are forced to return money for their studies, and Russians, who receive knowledge for free, "take it out in their heads and sell it there." Here is the solution to the problem from Ushmanov: "Let's evaluate free education in money, and if a person has worked 3-5 years in the national economy, it is written off, if he wants to leave, let him return the educational loan."
Internet users criticized Ashmanov's initiative and offered their own vision of solving the problem.
Author: Rick Sanchez