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Hong Kong students slip in global Pisa rankings for science, maths, literacy

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Hong Kong students have seen a decline in their performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), a global study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). For the first time since joining the assessment, Hong Kong's 15-year-old students fell out of the top 10 globally in science, ranking 17th with a score of 496. Experts attribute this drop, partly due to post-Covid impacts on study habits and motivation, to a decrease from their previous seventh-place ranking in 2022. In contrast, the combined regions of Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang from mainland China achieved the top rank in science. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Kristen Cheung ·

    Hong Kong students drop in global rankings for maths, science and literacy

    Hong Kong secondary school students’ performance has fallen in an international assessment focused on three core subjects, with their science score dropping out of the global top 10 for the first time in the study’s history. Experts said on Tuesday that the decline in Hong Kong s…

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