Asian countries claimed the
top five spots in a global math and science education ranking administered by
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) while the U.S.
placed 28th, below much poorer countries such as the Czech Republic and
Vietnam.
Singapore ranked best in the
world, with Hong Kong placing second and South Korea, Japan and Taiwan rounding
out top five, reports the BBC.
At sixth, Finland is the first
non-Asian country to appear in the rankings; Ghana came in last place.
“The idea is to give more
countries, rich and poor, access to comparing themselves against the world’s
education leaders, to discover their relative strengths and weaknesses, and to
see what the long-term economic gains from improved quality in schooling could
be for them,” said OECD education director Andreas Schleicher.
The new rankings are different
the more well-known Pisa scores, which traditionally focuses on affluent
nations. The latest version, based on tests taken in different regions
worldwide, includes 76 countries of varying economic status.
“This is the first time we
have a truly global scale of the quality of education,” said Schleicher.
Below is the top 10 as
reported by the BBC.
1. Singapore
2. Hong Kong
3. South Korea
4. Japan
5. Taiwan
6. Finland
7. Estonia
8. Switzerland
9. Netherlands
10. Canada
Reference: time
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