Undoubtedly, it is the policy of the government to ensure an efficient and effective education system. In this sense - education is always under government control. It is the government that establishes and provides institutes that control the system, ensure the quality and wide availability. It is hard for me to imagine that the education system would work well without such institutions and without state financing.
However, if your question concerns content taught at various levels of education, then I am of the opinion that schools here, especially universities, should be granted autonomy. But I agree with @ Agim Mamuti that this problem is complex and requires a multidimensional approach.
Well, it depends what you mean by "government control". First, I think there should definitely be standards and quality assurance, and the government largely ensures that. Thus, a university (higher education) or school (education) that is certified as one, by the government, gives an assurance that it is a school/university giving a minimum standard of education. Here in the U.S., there is a proliferation of for-profit colleges and universities, some that are not accredited or lose their accreditation, which is detrimental for students. Many students who graduate from there will not get good job prospects because they attended an HEI that is not is not certified to hand out degrees. Then in the education sector, there are charter schools popping up, which are poorly regulated and academic standards vary from very good to very poor. And poor people almost always have to choose from poor choices. This include schools that base all their teachings on the bible, and do not teach basic courses in math and sciences. Then there are schools that may not even hire certified teachers, or they do hire them, but have low retention rates because pay and benefits are lower.
Undoubtedly, it is the policy of the government to ensure an efficient and effective education system. In this sense - education is always under government control. It is the government that establishes and provides institutes that control the system, ensure the quality and wide availability. It is hard for me to imagine that the education system would work well without such institutions and without state financing.
However, if your question concerns content taught at various levels of education, then I am of the opinion that schools here, especially universities, should be granted autonomy. But I agree with @ Agim Mamuti that this problem is complex and requires a multidimensional approach.
It depends on the country that we are talking about, in developing countries education should be supervised by a well known educational council from other developed countries.
@Ahmed Mahdi, I actually don’t agree that developed countries or councils from developed countries should “supervise” or govern the systems of developing nations. Its neocolonialist and breeches sovereignty. I have argued in another posting, that developing countries should develop their human capital by sending talented people to learn and train in other countries but then come back and work at home to continue human capital development.
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