Last year, 55 per cent of Canadian adults had post-secondary education, the highest share among OECD countries compared to an average of 35 per cent.
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The proportion of 25- to 64-year-olds with a tertiary education in the U.S.is 45 percent, which is 10 percentage points above the OECD average.
“One of the government’s teacher recognition reforms would see educators” pay linked to their ability to perform against national standards as “graduate”, “proficient”, “highly accomplished” and “lead’, rather than simply how long they’ve worked in the system”.
“These new statistics highlight what the Turnbull government has been saying that there is not a clear relationship between education spending and the level of student performance”.
Australia’s spending per primary school student is below the OECD average but above average for high school students.
Having a bachelor’s degree, called a licenciatura in Mexico, makes a great difference for workers, who earn close to twice as much as those who have only a high school diploma.
In 2013 average class sizes in Australian primary schools were 24 students, (OECD average was 21), while secondary schools averaged 24 students (OECD average 23).
Teacher salaries in preschool are 35pc higher than the OECD average, but they slip down to 13pc higher in high school.
This is followed by a speedy acceleration to an average salary of $76,639 for teachers with 10 years’ experience but there is little opportunity for pay rises after that.
Forty-three per cent of Australians are tertiary-educated, one of the highest shares in the world.
New figures from the Department for Education (DfE) estimate that 53.5% of females, aged 17 to 30, were in higher education in 2014/15.
The global report also found those with tertiary qualifications earn on average 55 per cent more than those with upper secondary level education. Education professionals earn up to 2.5 times more than graduates in any other profession.
Australia spends significantly more than the OECD average per tertiary student – this is largely due to our investment in research which helps drive our universities showings in the global rankings and hence attract worldwide students.
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Education at a Glance 2016, published yesterday, examines education systems throughout the world.
