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Singapore and Asian countries take first place in the new edition of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) report.A global study was published Tuesday that measures students' academic performance in mathematics, reading and science. This new edition, based on responses in 2022 from 690,000 students in 81 countries and territories, gave Singapore first place in the rankings, while the participating Latin American countries, such as Chile, Mexico or Colombia, appeared in only second place. table.

The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) report also reveals this Average levels elsewhere fell to record lows, including in EuropeAnd not just because of Covid. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducts this survey every three years to assess the ability of 15-year-olds in mathematics, reading and science.

“PISA 2022 results show unprecedented decline in student performance in history” Singapore, a city-state in Southeast Asia, received the highest scores in all three assessment areas of the survey, Erin Ho, an education analyst at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, told reporters.

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“These findings suggest that, on average, Singaporean students outperform their peers by the equivalent of three to five years of schooling,” the report said. Five other Asian education systems (Macau, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea) rank next in mathematics, and also score very high in reading and science.

In parallel, academic performance declined in other parts of the world, causing an “unprecedented decline” in the overall score, a “worrying” trend, according to the report. For example, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland scored significantly lower in mathematics.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education affected outcomes, but it was not the only factor. In countries such as Finland, Iceland and Sweden, which reached the top of the rankings, there are long-standing problems such as “the level of support students receive from teachers and school staff,” said Ho, of the OECD.

“Countries have invested in education in the last 10 years, but perhaps not invested efficiently or sufficiently in the quality of teaching,” said Eric Charbonnier, another education analyst at the OECD. The top country on the list in Latin America is Chile (52nd), followed by Uruguay (53rd), Mexico (57th), Peru (59th), Costa Rica (63rd), Colombia (64th), Brazil (65th), Argentina (66th) and Panama. (74).

Four Latin American countries occupy last place in the group: Guatemala (77), El Salvador (78), Dominican Republic (79), and Paraguay (80), slightly ahead of Cambodia (81). Spain is ranked No. 27 and the United States is ranked No. 34.

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According to the report, disparities in education levels indicate that “the world is no longer strictly divided between rich countries with good education and poor countries with poor education.” Although there is some correlation between spending and academic performance, “history shows that countries determined to build a world-class education system are able to do so even under adverse economic conditions.”

For the first time, in a separate study, the OECD also examined students' happiness, using nine aspects including their commitment to school, their material, cultural and psychological well-being or openness to diversity.

This measure showed that in Singapore, Macau and Taiwan, which had the best results in mathematics, “many students reported a high fear of failure and limited participation in extracurricular activities, such as sports.” By contrast, in countries like Spain and Peru, where PISA scores are low, researchers often found “lower levels of anxiety and greater focus on sports” among the students surveyed.

Source: Agence France-Presse.