Education and PISA

KOMPAS/HERU SRI KUMORO

M Jusuf Kalla

"Since participating in PISA in 2000, science education in Indonesia has undergone an extraordinary transformation to create the foundation for prosperity and sustainable development," says the Indonesia Country Note: Results from PISA 2015 assessment report from the OECD, referring to the Program for International Student Assessment.

The report conveys high appreciation for the progress in Indonesian education, especially in reading, mathematics and science. "Between 2012 and 2015 alone, science performance among 15-year-old students increased by 21 score points. This makes Indonesia the fifth-fastest improving education system among the 72 that took part in this comparison," the report says.