Quick quiz: Can you identify the country?
______, like many of the other top performers, has moved the preparation of its teachers into the universities. In order to teach in _______ schools, high school graduates must complete a degree program in the subject they wish to teach and another degree program lasting at least a year in professional education. This includes elementary school teachers, who must specialize in one or two subjects in the elementary curriculum, such as English, history, science or mathematics. Secondary school teachers must have academic credentials in at least two subjects, such as English and history, or music and mathematics. Candidates who think they might want to be a subject specialist must take an honors degree. High school students must have 3.2 to 3.3 grade point averages on a scale of four to get into the institutions offering the first of these two degrees. There are fewer universities per capita than in the United States and the universities in which teachers are trained have a higher status than their opposite numbers in the United States. Teachers in ______ are better paid than American teachers.
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