Student Survey Reflection

The students that participated in this survey are first-year university students within the age range of 18-25 from the Bader International Study Centre in East Sussex, UK. The students came from various ethnicities, family backgrounds and majors. 42.3% of the students who participated in the survey felt neutral in regards to their quality of education in Canada. 34.6% of the students who participated in the survey felt very satisfied with their education in Canada. This can conclude that these students have either grown up in regions where public school education has been good or these students have attended private school.

84.6% of the students felt that the Canadian school system needed structural changes, 7.7% felt neither yes nor no in regards to this matter and 7.7% felt that no changes were needed. The Canadian school system can be viewed on various different levels. Taking a closer look at it on a provincial level, it becomes clear the several discrepancies that vary from region to region, city to city within a province. For instance, in a lower-income area, schools do not receive the same external programming opportunities as other schools in other regions. Although external programs can work on a school-to-school basis, the opportunity to experience such things is not equal across the board. To eradicate this, the school system can enforce a policy that states that the opportunity to partake in external programming shall be presented to every school in case this is not possible, an alternative will be presented.

When presented with options of structural changes that could be implemented, the survey showed that the students felt that “education to life skills” was most needed. Followed by “inclusion of minorities” at 24%, “mental health support” at 16%, and professor diversity at 1%. With the Covid-19 pandemic taking the world by storm, there is no doubt that students feel that they need access to education to life skills.

73.1% of the participants strongly agreed that Covid-19 has affected their education and 23.1% agreed that the pandemic has affected their education. With this, the most significant changes observed are access to resources and school attendance. Finally, when asked what can be done to make the Canadian school system more inclusive, the participants replied with learning and mental health support systems.

Below are the results from the Canadian Survey.

Intercultural Media Project - BISC Survey Results.pdf

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