Thailand ranks 55th out of 70 countries in PISA 2015 results

[toofarnorth]

I must think along the lines of# 12.  I thought students had to name the country where the leaning tower of Pisa is.

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

 

Not sure about PISa ranking, But Thailand is up there at the top with Pizza consumptions if judging by the number of deliveries coming to our condo day and night....

 

Too lazy to cook. Connected with poor exam results? Probably. Same attitude.

[fruitman]

Thailands has the highest education budget per student OF THE WORLD....so yes it's very disappointing to say it politely.

[maewang99]

this is the 20th richest country in the world.  #20 ranked GDP per capita, purchasing power adjusted.

if it were a poor country.... but it ain't.

20th ranked richest country in the world.  almost a G15 member....  but not on this list.... no excuses.... Oh, I forgot. "Thailand is a poor country".... right.

 

Edited December 8, 2016 by maewang99

[whatproblem]

Be sorted in 15 years ,no rush 

[Chongalulu]

2 hours ago, Jimbo2014 said:

On the upside - they finished within the top 80% of countries .  Back to them mass thought experiments.

Yes,but how are they supposed to be able to  calculate that?

Edited December 8, 2016 by nchuckle

[selftaopath]

4 hours ago, digibum said:

Even worse, Thailand ranked 64th in PIZZA.  

 

 

Oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn what I wouldn't give for a Phila. style pizza with the olive air running down my arm as I lift a piece to my mouth. lol lol lol 

[Prbkk]

50 minutes ago, maewang99 said:

this is the 20th richest country in the world.  #20 ranked GDP per capita, purchasing power adjusted.

if it were a poor country.... but it ain't.

20th ranked richest country in the world.  almost a G15 member....  but not on this list.... no excuses.... Oh, I forgot. "Thailand is a poor country".... right.

 

 

Actually it's not 20 but in the 70s depending on whose figures. That's for PPP GDP.....but still well above Vietnam 

Edited December 8, 2016 by Prbkk

[selftaopath]

49 minutes ago, whatproblem said:

Be sorted in 15 years ,no rush 

At which time they'll ask for an extension, because not enough time has been allotted initially. 

[tukkytuktuk]

Here's the world rankings.

 

[tukkytuktuk]

Here's a better one of the world rankings 2015.

http://www.businessinsider.com/pisa-worldwide-ranking-of-math-science-reading-skills-2016-12

Edited December 8, 2016 by tukkytuktuk

[lungmi]

This is the correct one.

Edited December 8, 2016 by lungmi
Mistake correction

[elgordo38]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

He added that the prime minister was disappointed with the results and urged the Education Ministry to speed up the implementation of the national education plan which aims to increase the PISA score by about 100 points in all subjects in 15 years.

Cancel the submarines and other to numerous to mention military expenditures and invest in education. The future is in educated young minds not rusting military hardware. 

[elgordo38]

22 minutes ago, tukkytuktuk said:

Here's the world rankings.

 

Who is at the bottom??

[lungmi]

Singapur 556 7 535 5 564 1 39.1 4.8 Japan 538 3 516 -2 532 1 25.8 5.6 Estland 534 2 519 9 520 2 20.4 4.7 Chinesisch Taipeh 532 0 497 1 542 0 29.9 8.3 Finnland 531 -11 526 -5 511 -10 21.4 6.3 Macau (China) 529 6 509 11 544 5 23.9 3.5 Kanada 528 -2 527 1 516 -4 22.7 5.9 Vietnam 525 -4 487 -21 495 -17 12.0 4.5 Hongkong (China) 523 -5 527 -3 548 1 29.3 4.5 P-S-J-G (China) 518 m 494 m 531 m 27.7 10.9 Korea 516 -2 517 -11 524 -3 25.6 7.7 Neuseeland 513 -7 509 -6 495 -8 20.5 10.6 Slowenien 513 -2 505 11 510 2 18.1 8.2 Australien 510 -6 503 -6 494 -8 18.4 11.1 Ver. Königreich 509 -1 498 2 492 -1 16.9 10.1 Deutschland 509 -2 509 6 506 2 19.2 9.8 Niederlande 509 -5 503 -3 512 -6 20.0 10.9 Schweiz 506 -2 492 -4 521 -1 22.2 10.1 Irland 503 0 521 13 504 0 15.5 6.8 Belgien 502 -3 499 -4 507 -5 19.7 12.7 Dänemark 502 2 500 3 511 -2 14.9 7.5 Polen 501 3 506 3 504 5 15.8 8.3 Portugal 501 8 498 4 492 7 15.6 10.7 Norwegen 498 3 513 5 502 1 17.6 8.9 Ver. Staaten 496 2 497 -1 470 -2 13.3 13.6 Österreich 495 -5 485 -5 497 -2 16.2 13.5 Frankreich 495 0 499 2 493 -4 18.4 14.8 Schweden 493 -4 500 1 494 -5 16.7 11.4 Tschech. Rep. 493 -5 487 5 492 -6 14.0 13.7 Spanien 493 2 496 7 486 1 10.9 10.3 Lettland 490 1 488 2 482 0 8.3 10.5 Russland 487 3 495 17 494 6 13.0 7.7 Luxemburg 483 0 481 5 486 -2 14.1 17.0 Italien 481 2 485 0 490 7 13.5 12.2 Ungarn 477 -9 470 -12 477 -4 10.3 18.5 Litauen 475 -3 472 2 478 -2 9.5 15.3 Kroatien 475 -5 487 5 464 0 9.3 14.5 CABA (Argentinien) 475 51 475 46 456 38 7.5 14.5 Island 473 -7 482 -9 488 -7 13.2 13.2 Israel 467 5 479 2 470 10 13.9 20.2 Malta 465 2 447 3 479 9 15.3 21.9 Slowak. Rep. 461 -10 453 -12 475 -6 9.7 20.1 Griechenland 455 -6 467 -8 454 1 6.8 20.7 Chile 447 2 459 5 423 4 3.3 23.3 Bulgarien 446 4 432 1 441 9 6.9 29.6 Ver. Arab. Emirate 437 -12 434 -8 427 -7 5.8 31.3 Uruguay 435 1 437 5 418 -3 3.6 30.8 Rumänien 435 6 434 4 444 10 4.3 24.3 Zypern1 433 -5 443 -6 437 -3 5.6 26.1 Moldau 428 9 416 17 420 13 2.8 30.1 Albanien 427 18 405 10 413 18 2.0 31.1 Türkei 425 2 428 -18 420 2 1.6 31.2 Trinidad und Tobago 425 7 427 5 417 2 4.2 32.9 Thailand 421 2 409 -6 415 1 1.7 35.8 Costa Rica 420 -7 427 -9 400 -6 0.9 33.0 Katar 418 21 402 15 402 26 3.4 42.0 Kolumbien 416 8 425 6 390 5 1.2 38.2 Mexiko 416 2 423 -1 408 5 0.6 33.8 Montenegro 411 1 427 10 418 6 2.5 33.0 Georgien 411 23 401 16 404 15 2.6 36.3 Jordanien 409 -5 408 2 380 -1 0.6 35.7 Indonesien 403 3 397 -2 386 4 0.8 42.3 Brasilien 401 3 407 -2 377 6 2.2 44.1 Peru 397 14 398 14 387 10 0.6 46.7 Libanon 386 m 347 m 396 m 2.5 50.7 Tunesien 386 0 361 -21 367 4 0.6 57.3 ejR Mazedonien 384 m 352 m 371 m 1.0 52.2 Kosovo 378 m 347 m 362 m 0.0 60.4 Algerien 376 m 350 m 360 m 0.1 61.1 Dominik. Rep. 332 m 358 m 328 m 0.1

[balo]

According to the rankings they must be really stupid in the Dominican Republic. 

[tukkytuktuk]

Surprised China has done well.

Edited December 8, 2016 by tukkytuktuk

[lungmi]

The countries  with the highest mobile phone addiction -Thailand,Indonesia- are down.

[tukkytuktuk]

8 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

Cancel the submarines and other to numerous to mention military expenditures and invest in education. The future is in educated young minds not rusting military hardware. 

Job well done PM. We don't want the peasents educated. Bravo, brandy and cigars all round.

[blackcab]

"Dr Thirakiat admitted he was disappointed with the performance of Thai students".

 

Should he not be disappointed with the teachers and the course content?

[elgordo38]

9 minutes ago, blackcab said:

"Dr Thirakiat admitted he was disappointed with the performance of Thai students".

 

Should he not be disappointed with the teachers and the course content?

Teachers are a bit of a closed society that tend to circle the wagons in times of trouble. I would guess there is lots of blame to go around. A friend of mine teaches English on a pro bono basis and he tells me half the class either sleeps or fingers their mobiles. 

[FritsSikkink]

2 hours ago, fruitman said:

Thailands has the highest education budget per student OF THE WORLD....so yes it's very disappointing to say it politely.

where does this info come from?

[elgordo38]

20 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

where does this info come from?

Where does all the "positive" information come from that constantly rains down on us. Only the Shadow knows he he he

[TPI]

6 hours ago, chainarong said:

Fifteenth from the bottom would seem quite low bearing in mind that other countries experienced a turnaround in achievements including Australia , Singapore held its own, referring back to Australia they are spending half as much more than five years ago and the results showed that Oz students slipped back some one to two years in learning behind Singapore so I hope that's some consolation to General Prayut's disappointment, the education authorities in OZ are far from pleased possibly the amount spent on students in Oz would be twice as much as what Thailand spends on defence for half a year, its hard to judge, as I have never seen a correct set of figures for Thailand's military, if you get my drift...........................................................

Oh you cynic you! How can you compare Oz with Thailand most of the kids in Oz go to schools with most of what they need, up to date text books with verified information, science and maths labs and libraries attached to every school !! 

[Johpa]

I actually believe that this trend comes from the IT and technology advancements that's been over the last 20 years. When I grew up we had use our imagination when interacting and playing with our friends compared with today when you put 5 children in a room and they interact through Facebook and/or games.

There is a great book by Todd Openheimer written over a decade ago about the negative impact of technology in the classroom, "The Flickering Mind".



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[George Graham]

6 hours ago, Prbkk said:

There is no joy for the UK, Australia or the USA in these results either. Why are students in these countries falling behind? ( and falling behind not only in respect of the highest ranked countries but also relative to their own levels in previous studies....that is, a real decline.

Not budget related ...as someone else mentioned, real expenditure has increased. Maybe something to do with the quality of teaching? Australian universities will take ANYONE with a pulse into a teaching degree ( why? To meet their quotas and to justify their own bloated salaries). When some of those teaching struggle with Grade 10 maths, it's understandable that students will have difficulty as well.

Oh give over. I teach grade 10 maths and it's bloody difficult.

[George Graham]

4 hours ago, maewang99 said:

this is the 20th richest country in the world.  #20 ranked GDP per capita, purchasing power adjusted.

if it were a poor country.... but it ain't.

20th ranked richest country in the world.  almost a G15 member....  but not on this list.... no excuses.... Oh, I forgot. "Thailand is a poor country".... right.

 

GDP per capita is a very misleading statistic. 

[George Graham]

2 hours ago, tukkytuktuk said:

Surprised China has done well.

Only certain"economies" in China are surveyed. I am sure you can imagine why.

[speckio]

If I am not mistaken teachers get offered very little money to teach in rural Thailand...  teaching English in Bangkok on average earns you about 45,000 baht.. while teaching outside of Bangkok earns you less than 22,000 and I noticed recruiters are super desperate and are willing to hire almost anyone to fill in positions... IE rural poor are probably not getting  qualified or quality teachers. 

I am also pretty disappointed in thai teaching methods... children are not allowed to question teachers or authority... they are basically told how something is suppose to be done and are expected to follow.

[ksamuiguy]

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