Programme for International Student Assessment

Eurostat's latest figures reveal that Bulgaria ranks last in the EU for lifelong learning, with only 1.4% of Bulgarians participating in educational activities last year. This figure is nearly ten times lower than the EU average, indicating a significant lack of interest among Bulgarians aged 25 to 64 in continuing education.

The Bulgarian Minister of Education and Science, Prof. Galin Tsokov, has proposed a pilot ban on mobile phones in select schools, with the aim of assessing its impact before potentially expanding the measure nationwide.

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There's a notion that triggers every reactionary reflex in Greeks, and that's rote learning, the predominant system still used in the country's public schools as a means of conveying knowledge, and for years blamed for all the ills of the Greek education system.

If one is to believe trade unionists, the PISA exams, which are held in all OECD countries, lead to the "privatization/commodification of the educational rights of the majority of students," according to the secondary school teachers' union OLME. That is why "resistance of the free pedagogical thought from the economic logic of 'measurable indicators' was needed," it added.

Experts have once again raised concerns about the structural deficiencies within the Greek education system, citing evidence indicating a decline in the performance of the country's students.

The results of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022, announced last month by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), were evaluated at a conference organized by the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) and the OECD.

The underwhelming performance of Greek students in the latest PISA (the acronym stands for Program for International Student Assessment) competition organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development likely did not come as a surprise. 

Concern is growing in the country's education community after the latest disappointing performance of Greek public school pupils in the recent PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) competition organized by the OECD in 2022.

The quality of education in Greece is steadily declining. At least that's what the Greek students' performance in the most recent OECD-organized PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) competition in 2022 indicates. In the last 10 years, Greek pupils have performed worst in text comprehension, math and science, the three areas in which the competition evaluates proficiency.