Education balance

[citysimplayer]

Industry and specialized industry need uneducated workers. This becomes difficult later as everyone seems to get educated. Not everyone should be able to get educated. It feels like the game is pushing you to remove industry late in the game.

 

[XfStef]

+1
Yes I've suggested modifying the type and amount of workers needed for industry in another post here: Road Discussion + Other Ideas. Also the idea that everybody ends up being highly educated is not realistic.

 

[action9000]

I wonder if an "enrollment check" would help create some diversity, especially if we give each Cim an "intelligence" stat:
Low int.
Average int.
High int.

25% of Cims are Low intelligence.
50% of Cims are Average intelligence.
25% of Cims are high intelligence.

Before enrolling in a school, the Cim would need to pass one "check".
The way it would work is something like:

Every elegible Cim would get one chance to "check" whether they will graduate elementary school. If they fail this check, they "drop out", which could be incorporated into a rehab/social system if one is implemented later.

50% of low intelligence Cims would graduate elementary school.
80% of average int Cims would graduate elementary school.
95% of high int Cims would graduate elementary school.

Of those Cims that survived elementary school, they would then get the chance to "check" whether they will graduate high school. If they fail this check, they "drop out", which could be incorporated into a rehab/social system if one is implemented later.

20% of low intelligence Cims would graduate high school.
60% of average int Cims would graduate high school.
90% of high int Cims would graduate high school.

Of those Cims that survived high school, they would then get the chance to "check" whether they will graduate university. If they fail this check, they "drop out", which could be incorporated into a rehab/social system if one is implemented later.


20% of low intelligence Cims would graduate university.
40% of average int Cims would graduate university.
70% of high int Cims would graduate university.


The numbers here are very rough, but I wonder if the concept has any merit. Even without an intelligence stat, a "will they graduate" check that each Cim can only perform once (unless they're rehabilited in some future system) would prevent everyone from eventually getting educated. You fail the enrollment check? Welcome to slumville and sweatshops if you failed elementary school, and so on.

There could be opportunities to sway the percentages with educational programs, libraries, etc.

 

[greenOak]

Agree that something needs to be done about this.

 

[AustinPowersFas]

Population 100.000.

25 % low int = 25.000
50 ave = 50.000
25 high = 25.000

50 % graduate elementary of low = 12.500
80 % graduate elementary of ave = 40.000
95 % graduate elementary of high= 23.500

20 % graduate high school of low (12.500) = 2.500
60 % graduate high school of ave (40.000) = 24.000
90 % graduate high school of high(23.500) = 21.150

20 % graduate uni of low (2.500) = 500
40 % graduate uni of ave (24.000) = 9.600
70 % graduate uni of high(21.150) = 14.805

Of low int people would be:
No education: 12.500
Elementary graduate: 10.000
High school graduate: 2.000
Uni graduate: 500

Of average int people would be:
No education: 10.000
Elementary graduate: 16.000
High school graduate: 14.400
Uni graduate: 9.600

Of high int people would be:
No education: 1.500
Elementary graduate: 2.350
High school graduate: 6.345
Uni graduate: 14.805

People with no education:
Low int: 12.500
Ave int: 10.000
High int: 1.500

Elementary graduates:
Low int: 10.000
Ave int: 16.000
High int: 2.350

High school graduates:
Low int: 2.000
Ave int: 14.400
High int: 6.345

Uni graduates:
Low int: 500
Ave int: 9.600
High int: 14.805

= 100.000!

Now these numbers are the highest graduation a citizen has of course.

I think the problem with such system lies in the fact that population changes a lot.

:rofl:

 

[PickPay]

Interesting ! With ideas and modders great things could happen

So far I'm limiting my schooling capacity to control education. Only a workaround but I think it works.