[[[In 2012, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD] released the findings of its prestigious education report, the Program for International Student Assessment [PISA], which experts view as the worlds most comprehensive education survey. PISA assesses the extent to which 15-year-old pupils from 65 OECD member nations have acquired key knowledge and skills in mathematics, reading, science and problem-solving (the PISA survey covers 510,000 students worldwide.) In their overall performance, Turkish pupils ranked poorly: 44th out of 65 countries. Ironically, Turkey and six other predominantly Muslim member nations of the OECD all ranked in the bottom slice of the ranking: the United Arab Emirates, 48th; Malaysia, 52nd; Tunisia, 60th; Jordan 61st; Qatar, 63rd; and Indonesia, 64th. Turkish universities did not perform any better. The acclaimed Quacquarelli Symonds [QS], a higher education surveyor, ranked only three Turkish universities in the worlds top 500 universities list. According to the findings of QS, only nine Turkish universities (out of 175 Turkish universities) were listed among the worlds 800 best universities -- and the best ones appear in the modest 430-460 bracket. Such alarming data did not prompt Turkish leaders to reform the education system. For them, education simply meant ideological indoctrination.]]] Therefore, can we be surprised by the abject ignorance and chauvinism that is prevalent there?
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:07:38 +0000
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