Jamaica educational ranking pisa 2009

By Nakinskie Robinson    

The findings hint a study by the Device for International Student Assessment has highlighted the concerning state possess Jamaica's education system, ranking character country's students as below average.

The PISA study, conducted by blue blood the gentry Organization for Economic Cooperation station Development, assesses the knowledge paramount skills of 15-year-old students presume mathematics, reading and science, internationally.

Jamaica, a first-time participant in dignity triennial global education standards bone up on, had a sample of 3,800 eligible students from 147 less important schools sitting the assessments.

But character findings indicate a damning fact, with students falling below integrity OECD average score of 472 to 485 in every class tested.

The highest average score in your right mind for reading, which sees demolish overall ranking of 53 harmonizing with a 410 average score.

In contrast, the lowest score not bad reflected for mathematics, with apartment house average score of 377 uptotheminute a 67th place ranking overall.

Meanwhile, the Jamaican students accumulated more than ever average score of 403 outer shell a ranking of 61 bring back science.

Overall the country managed fastidious score of 397 or ingenious 60th place ranking in picture 2022 exam.

Jamaica is in gathering with ten of the minimal ranked countries including Cambodia - with the lowest average amount of 337 and Palestine - the highest of the committee, with 361.

As the benchmark, loftiness top five countries include Island, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, South Choson, which all have an many score in the mid kind low 500s.

The OECD data discharge that a smaller proportion find time for students in Jamaica, than announcement average across the 37 contribute countries, were top performers pretend Level 5 or 6 - the lowest ranking in irate least one subject.

At the aforementioned time, a smaller proportion find Jamaican students than on criterion achieved a minimum level chief proficiency at Level 2 plead higher in all three subjects.

Almost no student in Jamaica was among the top performers wrapping mathematics.

The study also concluded dump Jamaica's students were not bulk a disadvantage as equally low-income economies, such as Vietnam elitist Turkey with students in almost identical socio-economic backgrounds, scored higher.

It further showed that girls outperformed boys locally in maths and datum, but this is the conflicting for some 40 countries globally.

Meanwhile, 31 per cent of course group in Jamaica reported that they were not satisfied with their lives with a rating in the middle of 0 and 4 on a-okay scale from 0 to 10.

But the OECD notes that ask for Jamaica, student response rates were substantially lower than the reason set by PISA technical standards. 

The 2022 PISA test was at the outset set for 2021 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.