Problem
Decline in educational standards
Other Names:
Falling educational qualityLow educational standards
Automatic grade promotion
Erosion of standards of educational testing
Incidence:
In the USA, between 1969 and 1989, the scores of high school seniors on the Scholastic Aptitude Test for college entry fell by 53 points. At most American colleges, the majority of students spend the first (and sometimes the second) year in studies that could best be described as remedial. At the beginning of the 1990s, it was reported that the New York Telephone company had to test 57,000 people to find 2,100 bright enough to become operators or repairer-installers.
Broader Problems:
Lack of qualityWeakening of standardsLack of professional standards Narrower Problems:
Lax university standardsInadequate education systemLow standard educational institutions Aggravates:
Educational wastageErosion of quality of scientific researchIlliteracy as an obstacle to acquiring skills Strategies:
Developing knowledge economyUpholding educational standardsResearching educational standardsResearching educational standardsFallingRaising educational quality References:
Narayan, Raj: Falling Education Standards Subject(s):
Cybernetics → AutomationEducation → Education
Research, Standards → Inspection, tests
Research, Standards → Quality unification
Research, Standards → Standards
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
24.04.2019 – 14:23 CEST