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CANADIAN PRESS
Foreign-born and first-generation Canadian students were less likely to fall behind in school than similar children in other industrialized nations, a UNICEF study to be released Tuesday suggests.
Canada and Australia, both cited in the study as countries with high proportions of children from newly immigrated families, are much more successful in educating their new citizens than are 22 of the other countries surveyed.
"This serves to highlight the challenge faced by every rich nation in ensuring that minority groups receive the help they need to overcome the particular disadvantages they face," the report, published by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, states.
"However, these findings do not support the commonly held belief that countries with a high proportion of immigrant children are likely to find themselves lower down on the education league tables."
Canadian students ranked fourth overall in the new study of academic performance among children in the 24 countries that make up the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
"A student in Canada has a better chance of being educated to a reasonable standard — and a lower chance of falling a long way behind the average — than students in most other OECD countries," David Agnew, president and CEO of UNICEF Canada said in a news release.
Despite Canada's favourable ranking, the report's authors stress there is no room for complacency and that "large disparities in achievement between pupils exist in every rich nation."
Canadian students fared relatively poorly in literacy measurements. The study showed that about 10 per cent of Canadians between 16 and 25 were unable to determine the correct amount of medicine to give a child after reading information printed on the package.
Korean and Japanese students ranked at the top of the study, while students from Portugal, Greece, Italy and Spain were at the bottom.
The report combined findings from two major international surveys — the Programme for International Student Assessment and Trends in International Maths and Sciences Study
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CANADIAN PRESS
Foreign-born and first-generation Canadian students were less likely to fall behind in school than similar children in other industrialized nations, a UNICEF study to be released Tuesday suggests.
Canada and Australia, both cited in the study as countries with high proportions of children from newly immigrated families, are much more successful in educating their new citizens than are 22 of the other countries surveyed.
"This serves to highlight the challenge faced by every rich nation in ensuring that minority groups receive the help they need to overcome the particular disadvantages they face," the report, published by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, states.
"However, these findings do not support the commonly held belief that countries with a high proportion of immigrant children are likely to find themselves lower down on the education league tables."
Canadian students ranked fourth overall in the new study of academic performance among children in the 24 countries that make up the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
"A student in Canada has a better chance of being educated to a reasonable standard — and a lower chance of falling a long way behind the average — than students in most other OECD countries," David Agnew, president and CEO of UNICEF Canada said in a news release.
Despite Canada's favourable ranking, the report's authors stress there is no room for complacency and that "large disparities in achievement between pupils exist in every rich nation."
Canadian students fared relatively poorly in literacy measurements. The study showed that about 10 per cent of Canadians between 16 and 25 were unable to determine the correct amount of medicine to give a child after reading information printed on the package.
Korean and Japanese students ranked at the top of the study, while students from Portugal, Greece, Italy and Spain were at the bottom.
The report combined findings from two major international surveys — the Programme for International Student Assessment and Trends in International Maths and Sciences Study
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