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Originally Posted by kevman
Link(s)? I'd like to read more about this...
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There was a really good special on the CBC on it. Basically, Canada and America are a few of the only countries in the world without centralized control over education.
http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episodes/generation-jobless
Switzerland's model streams students into either university or apprenticeships when they are 15 or so based on aptitude and marks. They spend their last couple of years of high school preparing for their stream. The number of spots in each program are decided by the government, who uses employment needs to decide how many spots are required for each program.