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Singapore tops world education list along with Asia’s Japan and South Korea, as Europe sees ‘worrying’ decline
- Singapore took top ranking in the latest OECD assessment, with its students scoring highest in all 3 of the survey’s areas: mathematics, reading and science
- Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea also scored near the top, while levels in Europe slipped at a record pace, in part to Covid-19 shutdowns
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Asian countries led by Singapore dominated the top spots in a keenly watched survey of education capabilities, while levels in Europe slipped at a record pace – and not just because of Covid.
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However, the report published on Tuesday 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.
These results suggest that, on average, Singaporean students are the equivalent of almost three to five years of schooling ahead of their peers
Singapore took top ranking in the latest assessment, which was carried out in 2022 and involved 690,000 students in 81 participating countries and economies.
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