Canadians among world’s most educated: OECD

Canadians are the most likely among OECD countries to have post-secondary education, an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report says.
The Education at a Glance report says 54 per cent of Canadian adults have a post-secondary qualification, which is the highest share in the OECD countries. But Canada has a lower than average number people with higher degrees than a bachelors degree. The number of people with a masters degree is just nine per cent, while the OECD average is 12 per cent, the report says.
Spending per post-secondary student is among the highest in Canada, at about $U.S. 22,000, the report says. That’s fifth highest, after Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It represents about half of Canada’s per capita spending on education, which is more than the OECD average of 40 per cent, and only the United Kingdom and the United States spend a higher percentage of education dollars on post-secondary education.
Eighty-two per cent of people with post-secondary education are employed in Canada, compared with just 56 per cent of Canadians without a high school credential, the report says.
Women earn just 75 per cent of what men earn, an amount that is lower than in the average OECD country where women earn 80 per cent of men’s earnings, the report says. Teachers in Canada are well paid, as compared to other OECD countries, the report says.

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