Education Standards

Are our public education competitive to other public education in other countries? I don't think so... Why are there a lot of public school graduates that still cant get a good space in college education? Why are there still a lot of public school graduates that still do not have jobs in our country? Thats what im trying to say here... our country's public education standard is not as good as those of the other countries worlwide. I guess we should think about everything and set the standards up for our public education.