Singapore Leads Way As Asia Tops World Education Class
Muhammad Irfan Published December 05, 2023 | 07:57 PM
Asian countries led by Singapore dominated the top spots in a keenly watched survey of education capabilities published Tuesday, while levels in Europe slipped at a record pace -- and not just because of Covid
Paris, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Dec, 2023) Asian countries led by Singapore dominated the top spots in a keenly watched survey of education capabilities published Tuesday, while levels in Europe slipped at a record pace -- and not just because of Covid.
However, the report also showed that students in top performing countries were not necessarily happier.
The PISA survey is carried out every three years by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to assess the ability of 15-year-olds to meet real-life challenges.
"The Pisa 2022 results show a fall in student performance that is unprecedented in Pisa's history," OECD education analyst Irene Hu told reporters.
Singapore took the top ranking in the latest assessment, which was carried out in 2022 and involved 690,000 students in 81 participating countries and economies.
The southeast Asian island city-state scored highest in all three of the survey's areas: mathematics, reading and science.
"These results suggest that, on average, Singaporean students are the equivalent of almost three to five years of schooling ahead of their peers," the report said.
Five other Asian education systems -- in Macau, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea -- came next in mathematics, and also scored near the top in reading and science.
But while Asia did well, other parts of the world declined, sparking an overall "unprecedented drop in performance", the report said.
Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland, for example, all saw notably lower achievements in mathematics, it said.
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