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Global Agenda 2008

Education: Steep learning curve to find right balance
By David Turner, Education Correspondent
Published: November 7 2008 09:02 Last updated: November 7 2008 09:02

The policymakers of rich countries, and those that aspire to be rich, have almost reached the point of obsession with education. They see it as key to economic survival.
But before they turn their education systems upside down, policymakers should ask themselves three related questions.
Firstly, what kind of education system do they really want? Secondly, in changing education, will they have to change national identity – and, finally, do they want to do that?"