RE: Analyzing Educational Standards
Are they on a fifth grade level?
Yes, they are.
I studied most of them in the lessons of natural science, and later geography.
guess you have a pretty good educational standard. I think all European countries have maintained their standards of education. That's my perception, at least!
As far as we are concerned, we have all kinds of standards. There are so many systems prevailing here. Sarkari schools (government schools) – don't even ask about them – little to no teaching and learning there! And then such an amazing shift/contrast at the graduation level. The dynamics change abruptly. You have to compete with hundreds of thousands of students to get admission into these prestigious universities in the government sector, especially for professional degrees like medicine and engineering.
But if we talk about schools in government sector, you wouldn't want your kid anywhere near those. Our parents studied in those schools because, back then, there were no private schools. But now, each private school has its own curriculum, books, and I don't even know what else.
Here, the more expensive the school, the better its standard. And most of the good private schools are not affordable. There are even some memes going around here that parents are scared the private schools might someday ask for a share in their property.
But still, in my opinion, these schools are not able to maintain the standard of education. It's just hefty fees and unnecessary gimmicks.
They keep parents distracted with things like Color Day, Vegetable Day, and other pointless activities.
I tend to think that we have a good level of education. We have the absolute majority of public schools. There are also private ones, but state ones provide a sufficient level of education so that a child can enter any university.
My child is studying under a special program called "Intellect of Ukraine". This does not mean that some special children are selected there, just that the curriculum is different from the usual one. For example, this year, at the age of 8, Darinka studied the structure of the simplest molecules and the types of electron orbitals. I learned it at the age of 12. I did not want to burden my child at all, when I was choosing this program, I was told that it was much more interesting. Later, it turned out that it is still more complicated, but the material is presented very interestingly, often in a game form, with numerous videos, illustrations and visual examples. All this is accompanied by thematic practical tasks. In a word, I am satisfied. 😊