Wednesday 11 February 2009

Successful & Global Sweden

Almost every day I read or hear that someone is seriously questioning the quality of education delivery in Sweden, be it media, government, politicians, or whoever. We tend to read comparative statistics such as the Pisa reports that flag Sweden as not achieveing results as well as it would like in core subjects etc. I am convinced that we have a great education system in this country with the true results shown in our economic impact on the global economy over time. It is the children, who as outputs of the system, go to work in professional life in our organisations both private and public who have influenced the impact and success of said organisations- Just take a look at our Swedish 'global' brands-over 50 of them - examples are SKF, ABB, Volvo, Ericsson, Ikea, Metro and of course many others. This is the true measure of an education system!
Good reading which I can recommend is the invest in Sweden Agency annual report. It actually 'sells' Sweden as it truly is-a World Class Performer.
Take a look at their material at ISA

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