I must agree with @axios when he says the American educational institutions are definitely attempting to create un-questioning parrots as well. While we did enjoy the benefit of exploring our creativity in the small times cut out for it, there was limited critical thinking opportunity.

My parents were told that I should become a lawyer when I was in the third grade because I called out a teacher for disciplining an entire classroom for one person's misbehavior, but to my face was scolded for "talking back". I also spoke up about how, after working hard to become a star pupil, my reward was to spend part of my school day teaching a child with learning disabilities.

If any formal school system is going to survive this age of information and liberties, it will need to embrace meaningful skills of skepticism, critical thinking and learning from past mistakes. Working to improve the state of public education is clearly critical for your country, I just encourage all of us to use these global voices agreeing that "no one has education right yet", so rather than emulating a less-bad version, what would a good system include?