LIMA,PERU MAYO 30. Ministro de Educación, Jaime Saavedra, en el II Concurso de Buenas Prácticas Docentes Foto: ANDINA/Norman Córdova
Education policy’s continuity and sustainability have been essential for Peru’s improved results in the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) 2015, said Pablo Zoido, Education Lead Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Thanks to this policy, the Inca nation moved from last place in the global educational rankings.
“An improvement-oriented approach, a continuing self-assessment, and our comparing ourselves with other countries has been vital in this regard. Peru ranked last in PISA 2012, but kept assessing itself and looking for enhancements,” he told Andina news agency.
Mr. Zoido remarked the country’s current improvement as it made the most significant progress among Latin American peers and was one of the five nations in the world that showed progress despite low education investment levels.
The teacher career reappraisal has been fundamental to this outcome, he said, since teachers are pillars in the teaching and learning process.
“A system cannot overtake teachers’ quality. Peru has been putting emphasis on this for a long time, and that is important,” Zoido underlined.
The IDB specialist believes more and better investment in education will lead to speed up such progress.
In fact —he continued— if Peru continues at the current pace or even accelerates, it could match the level of education achieved by the region’s leading countries in this field such as Chile.
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Published: 12/6/2016