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Why Are Our PISA Scores Leaning Low?

Associate Professor Dr Ramesh Nair, English Language and Linguistics Department, Universiti Teknologi MARA & President, Malaysian English Language Teaching Association

06-Dec-23 18:00

Why Are Our PISA Scores Leaning Low?

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores are out, and lo and behold, Malaysia's scores have dropped. A bit of background: the assessment measures reading, maths, and science literacy amongst 15-year-olds. So we explore what our low scores mean, in terms of how we're preparing our students for higher education and for life.

Image Credit: Bernama

Produced by: Wan Eizzul Islam, Sharaad Kuttan

Presented by: Sharaad Kuttan, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  education

Tags:  educationstudentsmathssciencereading





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