Global report emphatically endorses work of Irish schools

By piofficer, Wednesday, 13th May 2015 | 0 comments

The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has described an international report which ranks 15-year-old Irish students 15th out of 76 countries in terms of achievement in maths and science as an ‘emphatic endorsement of the work carried out on a daily basis in Irish schools.’

TUI President Gerry Quinn said that it was significant that that the results were achieved ‘at a time when teachers and students are dealing with the effects of several years of severe cutbacks to education provision.’

‘We urge the Government to begin the process of reversing the education cutbacks,’ he said. ‘It is high time that the commitment of policymakers matched the exceptional levels of commitment of both teachers and students. Investment in education must be increased significantly to allow every student to realise their full potential.’

The rankings are based on an amalgamation of international assessments, including the OECD's Pisa tests, the TIMSS tests run by US-based academics and TERCE tests in Latin America. Findings will be formally presented at the World Education Forum in South Korea next week, where the United Nations is to convene a conference on targets for raising global education by 2030.

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