After the three or more years of university education , people are sure to get good jobs and move upward in the social hierarchy. Nonetheless, business people are complaining that graduate students are unable to meet their standards today. A poor quality of business people will affect the productivity of our society, which leads to a lower standards of living. In the meantime, the politicians complains that education investment is not worthwhile because it does not produce qualified workers that society wants. Surely, there are crises in the Canadian educational system.
Ability groupings is one of the most controversial debates about the crisis in education.
People think ability groupings may solve the problem of education downgraded. Some educators suggest to develop separate programs especially for the gifted students so that their potential can be well developed, their needs are met in schools and it will also bring up the quality of education. However, other educators think the best way to help the gifted students achieve their maximum potential is by restructuring the way traditional classrooms are organized. In the following paragraphs, I will discuss the Left and Right critic of the ability groupings, its nature, and the social reaction of the argument. From a structural functionalist point of view, education contributes to maintain a value consensus in society.