A call for Spidey's Removal from the Fourm

[DennisAJC]

Originally posted by HMN8TR:
This spidey guy has bashed canada enough all by himself. I mean if he is what canada is about then you guys need to get an education system. Have you read what this guy has been posting here. He should be in a special needs program.

Here we go again...Don't mistaken military might for smarts.

USA behind Canada

A new study released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says that Canadians are among the best educated people in the world.

According to the report, titled "Education at a Glance," 43 per cent of Canadians have some type of post-secondary schooling -- more than citizens living in any other industrialized country.

The United States comes in second place with 38 per cent of the population having some kind of post-secondary education.

In addition, 83 per cent of Canadians have completed high school, compared to the OECD average of about 65 per cent.

OECD analyst Michael Davidson said the report told a very positive story for the country. He added, however, that Canada spends a lot of money on post-secondary education -- 2.5 per cent of its GDP.

The United States and Korea are the only other countries that spend more -- each contribute 2.7 per cent of their GDP.

There's also good news for educated Canadians looking for jobs. The unemployment rate for Canadians with post-secondary schooling shrank to 4.4 per cent in 2002, compared to 5.3 per cent in 1995.

Still, there's a darker cloud for women with post-secondary education. The report says Canada is behind other OECD countries when it comes to creating wage parity between the sexes.

Canadian women aged 30 to 44, with post-secondary education only earn 59 per cent of what their male counterparts do. The OECD average stands at 65 per cent.

In the U.S., American women in the same category take home 61 per cent of what their male colleagues do.

The OECD has 30 member countries. Its annual rankings help industrialized countries measure their education systems against their peers around the world.