International assessments improve education policy and reform. To find success, nations must examine and act upon systemic factors that influence K-12 student outcomes.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s participation in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) helps to evaluate the performance of the nation’s education system against other higher achieving nations, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Persistently high unemployment in South Africa is a structural problem that the central bank doesn’t have the tools to address and should be dealt with by changing the nation’s education policy, Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said.