2023-05-17 06:24:01
Global Study Shows Singapore Students Reign “Readability” is the highest in the world.
Singapore reigns supreme in this ranking. With an average score of 587, South Africa is at the bottom of the table with 288, followed by Egypt with 378, while the international average is 500, according to the International Reading Progress Study (PIRLS) assessment. in the International Reading Progress Study which tests the reading abilities of 400,000 students worldwide in 2021.
Singapore’s Ministry of Education (MOE) said following the release of the report. Students have very good basic and advanced reading skills. and able to confidently adapt in a digital environment. regarding the credibility of the data and assessing the point of view and the bias contained in the text
The report is issued every five years to measure how well students are able to read. The 2021 study surveyed a sample of 6,719 Grade 4 students in all 183 primary schools in Singapore from October to November 2020.
The latest ranking which Singapore moved up to number one After coming in second in 2016, it was followed by Ireland in second place. third place hong kong and fourth in Russia, finding that more than a third, or 35 per cent, of students achieved the highest “advanced” international benchmark in their 2021 study, compared to the international median of 7 per cent.
The report also showed that 84 per cent of Singaporean students are confident in their reading ability. This compares with the international average of 78 per cent and also found that participation levels during school reading lessons in the 2021 study were higher than in 2016.
while South Africa ranks last out of 57 countries assessed. It found that the illiteracy rate of South African children rose from 78 per cent in 2016 to 81 per cent.
South African Education Minister Angie Motchekka Blame it as a result of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. By referring to the results of the study that “Disappointingly low” and said the country’s education system faced a historic challenge. which includes poverty inequality and inadequate infrastructure
She added, in many elementary schools “Teaching reading often focuses on practicing speaking alone. Neglects reading comprehension and comprehension of written words.”
The study found that 81 per cent of South African children are unable to read for comprehension in any of the country’s 11 official languages.
In addition to Morocco and Egypt South Africa was one of three African countries participating in an assessment to track trends in literacy and reading comprehension among 9- and 10-year-olds.
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