Andreas Schleicher, the director of education and skills at the Office for Economic Cooperation and Development, described the UK as an “average performer”The UK’s education system is consistently mid-ranking in international league tables, behind countries including China, Singapore, Japan, Estonia, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Andreas Schleicher, the director of education and skills at the Office for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Times Education Commission’s international adviser, described the UK as an “average performer” overall. Sponsored“It’s quite a traditional school system and perhaps has become more traditional,” he said. “Over the years, most countries have gone in the opposite direction when it comes to curriculum design and implementation.”The UK improved in the latest school rankings, published in 2019 and based on the Pisa tests (the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment) taken by 15-year-olds in 79 countries and regions. In reading, the UK was 15th, up

Source: The Times May 23, 2021 23:04 UTC