European education slips downward, according to PISA report by OECD
Whilst many Asian countries have shown remarkable improvement in reading and mathematics many European countries have fallen behind in educational standards.
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00:00 It's not good news in the classroom. While Asia, with Singapore in the lead, stands out
00:05 once again in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's latest PISA
00:10 education survey published on Tuesday, there's been an unprecedented drop in performance
00:15 across its 81 member countries. The survey is carried out every three years by the Paris-based
00:21 organisation to assess the ability of 15-year-olds to meet real-life challenges. The current
00:26 edition shows decreasing achievements in mathematics, reading comprehension and the sciences. This
00:31 was the first large-scale study since Covid-19, but it found that shutdowns during the pandemic
00:37 were not the only reason for the downturn. Other factors include the quality of teaching
00:41 and the level of support pupils received at school. In Europe, top of the class was Estonia,
00:47 with the EU's two biggest countries, Germany and France, ranked below Switzerland, Ireland,
00:52 Belgium and Britain. The survey also looked at the impact of technology on education.
00:57 It found that moderate use of digital devices in school is associated with higher performance,
01:03 but this depends on whether it was being used to support rather than distract from learning.
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