PISA: Filipino Students ranked second to last in creative thinking

IN a report released by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), it said that Filipino students ranked second to the last when it comes to creative thinking. 

PISA is the OECD (WHAT DOES IT STABD FOR) international assessment on where 15-years-old ability for reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges is measured. 

Back in 2022, the global assessment was conducted in 64 countries, where 15-years-old students were gathered for the test. 

According to OECD, student participants were to think of an original and diverse solution regarding simple expressive tasks and familiar problems. This includes coming up with an interesting story idea or thinking of various ways to manage an awareness-raising campaign in school.

“This assessment measures the capacity of students to generate, evaluate and improve ideas in four different areas – creative writing, visual expression, scientific problem solving and social problem solving – providing governments with data to help students and young people reach their full potential in our changing economies and societies.” said OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann. 

The study result later revealed that the Philippines scored an average of 14 points–a point higher than Albania’s 13 mean score.  

The Philippines ranked as the sixth lowest among the countries and economies that participated in the research. This shows that Filipino learners continues to be left behind in reading, math, and science. 

According to the PISA data, there is a “very large” (about 28 score point) difference in creative thinking performance between the countries that perform the top and lowest.

This means that less than 3 out of every 100 students in the best-performing countries perform around or less than the mean of the five lowest performing countries. 

The country of Uzbekistan has also scored 14 points while both Morroco and Dominican Republic scored 15 points. 

Meanwhile, countries like Singapore, South Korea, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia, and Finland scored highest in the creative thinking assessment.