He is absolutely right and it's a number game not a educational atmosphere. Educating people is to teach them all the math, science, language, etc but also to develop more important skills such as critical thinking, appreciation and love for learning, creativity, innovation, and to develop skills for later in life. It's to inspire others, it's not a chore and I think Michio Kaku pointed this out when he talked about science class when it's more about desiring to know what is this and how can I learn how what makes it this.