Greece bottoms OECD educational list

Greece is found at the “bottom” of a list in reference to educational efficiency, according to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Greece ranks in the 27th place out of the 30 countries in the list, falling behind Turkey, Portugal and Italy, with a score of 60.04% in terms of efficiency. Data from a report conducted by GEMS Education Solutions, on education system’s efficiency in relation to the money each country allocates for education, the teachers’ salaries and the student-teacher ratio per class, indicated that all Mediterranean countries “performed” poorly in school. The report included a list of students’ performance at the PISA 2012 contest. In three subject-courses (mathematics, reading comprehension and science) exams participated by 15-year-old students of all OECD member countries, the performance of Greek students among 65 countries dropped to 42nd place and 26th among the 30 OECD member countries. 

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