WHERE WAS MALAYSIA WHEN THE TOP RANKING COUNTRIES WERE MENTIONED IN TERMS OF MATHS, SCIENCE & READING???BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CORRUPTION, MALAYSIA IS NUMBER ONE-WHAT A DUBIOUS TITLE? QUOTE: PARIS - Asian nations cemented their top positions in an eagerly awaited report on global education Tuesday, with students from Shanghai again ranking first in maths, science and reading. The three-yearly report by the Paris-based OECD, based on surveys of more than half a million 15-year-olds in 65 countries, saw Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea take the top five top places for maths skills. The so-called PISA report (Programme for International Student Assessment) is the single largest study of global schooling and has been dubbed the World Cup of education. It is highly influential among education officials, with participating countries representing more than 80 per cent of the global economy. Shanghais top rankings means its students are the equivalent of three years of schooling ahead of their counterparts with average scores, including those of many wealthy Western countries like Britain and France. This years survey focused on math skills, with Macao-China, Japan, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and The Netherlands rounding out the top 10. UNQUOTE Full article: malaysia-chronicle/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=195772:shanghai-spore-hk-taiwan-skorea-take-top-spots-in-oecd-global-education-survey&Itemid=2#ixzz2mRCg7mld Follow us: @MsiaChronicle on Twitter
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:30:15 +0000
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