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India participation in the Programme for International Student Assessment 'PISA 2021'
India participation in the Programme for International Student Assessment 'PISA 2021': Details, Significance, Highlights
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial international survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students. India is participating in the PISA assessment in 2021.
Earlier, India had participated in PISA 2009. The performance of Indian students was abysmally poor and India was ranked 72nd rank among 74 participating countries. The government of India boycotted PISA, blaming “out of context” questions for India’s dismal performance.
About PISA
PISA coordinated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is a two-hour long test. PISA measures the 15-year-old students reading, mathematics, and science literacy. PISA does not test a student’s memory and curriculum-based knowledge rather PISA emphasizes functional skills that students have acquired as they near the end of compulsory schooling. PISA measures the student’s ability to use their ability to tackle the real-life challenge.
Students who are 15-year-old and have completed or are near the end of their compulsory education and those have completed at least six years of formal schooling would be assessed.
PISA is criticized for the fact that it is obsessed with standardized testing relying heavily on quantitative measures.
