Similarities Between The Canadian And Jamaican Education System

Historically, both the Canadian and Jamaican educational systems are similar because both countries were colonies of Britain. According to Beare and Boyd (1993), "Canada, New Zealand, and Australia were colonies of Britain and their schooling patterns were derived from those in the mother country" (p. 3). Egerton Ryerson and John Strachan, stalwarts in Upper Canada education, introduced private and public schooling to Canada from influences of European educational structures, particularly Britain and Prussia in the 1800s (Putman, 2010). Thus, the Canadian education system had its roots in the British system (Sheehan, 1985), and Jamaica structured an education system that modeled itself after the British system (Whiteman, 1994). King (1972 as