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Southeast Asian Countries’ PISA Rankings 2012

Once every three years, 15-year-olds from around the world are tested on how well they know their reading, maths and science. This is called the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA for short. It is run by the Organization for Economic Coopertation and Development or OECD. Over half a million students from 65 countries and economies took part in PISA 2012. The result of the latest PISA 2012 had been announced on 3 December 2013. Only five out of ten ASEAN countries participated in PISA 2012. They were Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

- Singapore ranked 2^nd in maths and 3^rd in reading and science;

- Vietnam, entered PISA tests for the first time, ranked 8^th in science, 17^th in maths and 19^th in reading;

- Thailand has been the participant in the PISA tests since 2000. It ranked 47 in science, 48^th in reading and 50 in maths;

- Malaysia got 52^th in maths, 53^rd in science and 59^th in reading;

- Indonesia got 61^st in reading and got 64^th in maths and science.

Singapore’s 15-year-old students came in the top five in every area. Vietnamese students scored very well on all three PISA subjects. Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia ranked below average for the 65 countries assessed. The next administration of PISA is in 2015 and results will be reported at the end of 2016.

ASEAN CORNER by Kru Ekachai (www.aseancorner.blogspot.com)