A new global league table, produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit for Pearson, has found Finland to be the best education system in the world. The rankings combined international test results and data such as graduation rates between 2006 and 2010, the BBC reports. For Finland, this is no fluke. Since it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, the country's school system has consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems.

But how do they do it? It's simple —by going against the evaluation-driven, centralized model that much of the Western world uses. Finnish children don't start school until they are 7. (Source: NYtimes) They rarely take exams or do homework until they are well into their teens. (Source: NYTimes) The children are not measured at all for the first six years of their education. ... Teachers are selected from the top 10% of graduates. In 2010, 6,600 applicants vied for 660 primary school training slots

EDUCATION TOP 20
Finland
South Korea
Hong Kong
Japan
Singapore
UK
Netherlands
New Zealand
Switzerland
Canada
Ireland
Denmark
Australia
Poland
Germany
Belgium
USA
Hungary
Slovakia
Russia

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