Unobvious pros of higher education in Canada

We often talk about the recognized advantages of higher education in Canada. These are its high quality at a relatively affordable price, the demand for Canadian diplomas all over the world, the opportunity to live and work in Canada after graduation, a lot of practice, and so on. Also, foreigners can enter Canadian institutions without exams.

But there are other advantages compared to many countries, which are not so often talked about. Journalists from our team talked to students from several countries to find out what they were most dissatisfied with in domestic education. I am happy to report that Canadian students have no such problems.

I won't touch on the topic of how to get a permanent residence permit through studying in Canada in this article, because we've already covered that.

So here's a list of reasons to drop out that you won't find in Canada.

Unnecessary subjects

Education in Canada is more practical and modernized. In universities and colleges, people study things that will be in demand in the labor market in the next 5-10 years. The task of Canadian colleges and universities is to produce a specialist in demand in a particular field and to give them the knowledge they need. Here physicists won't be taught cultural studies and historians won't be taught math. A graduate of a Canadian institution will be able to find a job in their specialty and do the job well

Some countries still practice an encyclopedic approach to education. They try to make an encyclopedia out of a student with a lot of different information. Unfortunately, this approach is much inferior to the Western approach because of knowledge inflation. Yes, knowledge and information can depreciate too. Because of search engines and artificial intelligence, we no longer need to keep a bunch of different facts in mind. We can find them all in a few seconds. It is much more important to have skills and more applied knowledge, which are hard to obtain. You can develop your erudition outside of university, but in university, you only want to get knowledge that is useful and necessary for your profession.

Lack of choice

In Canada and other Western countries, students can choose part of the subjects they will study. Local institutions present subjects and knowledge like a set of construction kit parts from which each student will build their career castle. You don't have to study everything at the same level: you can go deep into a subject, drop it or take it superficially. It all depends on your inclinations and how you envision your working life.

Elective subjects are gradually coming into other countries as well. However, they still make up a small percentage of the program, and you can't refuse the subjects you don't need and are not interested in. For instance, students of a private university in Kazakhstan complained to our team that while studying international relations, they have to learn programming and the basics of applied mathematics. Perhaps the subjects themselves are not bad, but they are not necessary for future diplomats. And the guys themselves say that if they wanted to study them, they would choose to study programming.

Unpleasant teachers

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It is hard to encounter such professors in Canada. And if you are unlucky enough to get one, your group only needs to write a statement to the office to have the person fired. Canadian students don't have to tolerate inappropriate flirting, boorish attitudes, jokes, and insults from teachers. Professors are required to keep their opinions to themselves and to communicate with students only politely, professionally, and on the subject matter. This is stipulated in the code of ethics of each educational institution. Violations of this code can result in fines, suspension from teaching, and even dismissal.

In fact, probably everywhere all of the above things are violations of professional ethics. But in many countries, such cases are often turned a blind eye to, and unpleasant teachers continue to pester new generations of students.

Corruption

Perhaps everywhere it is forbidden to ask students for bribes and to lower their grades if they refuse to support the teacher financially. In practice, however, in many countries this is much less strictly enforced. And sometimes a teacher who takes bribes may even enjoy the patronage of the university administration.

Corruption is not completely eradicated in Canada, but it is punished very severely by law. You can't pass an exam for a gift, and a teacher can't lower your grade if you refuse to give them money. In this country, everything is only fair and this is bad news for those who are used to solving problems with the help of bouquets and envelopes with money. But it is good news for students who are used to studying in good faith.

Occupational burnout

In your country, you could meet teachers who spend the entire lesson reading text from a presentation or textbook and have little interaction with the audience. They generally look like they don't want to be in the classroom. These people are likely to have professional burnout — they are tired of their work and have lost interest. They don't care how the students are doing or whether they are benefiting from their subject. The main thing for them is to survive until the end of the lessons, hiding behind a presentation or a textbook.

That's not the case in Canada. Unfortunately, there are tedious teachers here too. Not all subjects are interesting. But burnout in researchers is combated in every possible way. Local teachers have decent salaries and working conditions, they have access to various bonuses from the university, such as free classes at the local gym or swimming pool, the assistance of a supervisor or psychologist. They can also take a leave for health reasons, including depression, which is considered a serious illness in Canada.

The job of a college or university teacher is considered prestigious, and there is serious competition for every vacancy, so bad speakers are simply replaced. Also, students here are regularly surveyed about the quality of education and their satisfaction with staff. Educational institutions quickly say goodbye to bad and boring teachers.

Enrollment assistance

Our project partners with many institutions across Canada where you can improve your English or get a post-secondary education. For example, the prestigious Fanshawe College and the popular ILAC Language Academy. We can help you get in without exams and with a high school education. We even made a small tour of Fanshawe to tell you about the study programs, admission conditions, the advantages of studying in this particular college and so on.

Be warned that study visas are open to many, but not all. Book a consultation with our immigration specialists to find out your chances. We have two consultants who specialize in studies.

On average, a year of study in a Canadian college costs CA $16,000, but it is often possible to get scholarships or other bonuses through us. By the way, after their studies, graduates get the opportunity to stay in Canada to work and later obtain a permanent residence permit and citizenship.

Ivanna Pavlenko, Canadian regulated immigration consultant