Was reading the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013-2025 document published last week. "A comparison of scores shows that 15-year-olds in Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong and Shanghai are performing as though they have had three or more years of schooling than 15-year olds in Malaysia." To say this makes for depressing reading is an understatement. ----------- Here are some snippets from the section "Student cognitive Performance against International Standards":- - The gap between Malaysia’s system and these others is therefore growing - Malaysian student performance is declining in absolute terms - in 1999, its average student score was higher than the international average in both Mathematics and Science. By 2011, the last published cycle of results, the system’s performance had slipped to below the international average in both Mathematics and Science with a commensurate drop in ranking. Critically, 35% and 38% of Malaysia’s students failed to meet the minimum proficiency levels in Mathematics and Science in 2011, a two to fourfold up from 7% and 13% respectively in 1999. -Malaysia ranking in the bottom third of 74 participating countries, below the international and OECD average -Almost 60% of the 15-year-old Malaysian students who participated in PISA failed to meet the minimum proficiency level in Mathematics, while 44% and 43% did not meet the minimum proficiency levels in Reading and Science respectively
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 06:21:09 +0000
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