The government, once an absolute monarchy, develops into a more meritocratic and representative system supplementing the crown.
But our understanding of the purpose of the meritocratic system is badly warped.
No, it wasn't the meritocratic system that was the target in America.
It is a meritocratic system; every year the Civil Service Examination holds examinations to test candidates for government jobs.
In 191, King Gogukcheon adopted a meritocratic system for selecting government officials.
The education policy of the Egyptian government prior to the occupation had been to create a meritocratic system.
So it is a meritocratic system considerably modified.
A meritocratic system that we know worked well and in the interests of society as a whole.
Indians are faring badly under the meritocratic system used for university intake.
That Mr. Bowen should fight for a more meritocratic system may have made sense strategically, but it also sprang from deeply held beliefs.