Qatar advances in education, OECD finds
Data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released by Inep show that Qatar was the country where students made the greatest gains from 2006 to 2025 in Reading, Science and Mathematics. Brazil also ranks high in this ranking. The post Qatar advances in education, OECD finds appeared first on ANBA News Agency .
Qatar has made significant strides in education, as revealed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) assessment of student performance in Reading, Science, and Mathematics. The assessment, conducted between 2006 and 2025, showed that Qatar's Reading score surged from 312 points in 2006 to 418 points in 2025, marking an impressive increase of 106 points.
This gain surpassed the second-ranked country, which only managed a 60-point improvement. In Science, Qatar recorded a 85-point increase, climbing from 349 to 434 points between 2006 and 2025. Mathematics saw a 98-point boost, with Qatar's score rising to 416 in 2025 from 318 in 2006.
Brazil also demonstrated notable improvements, ranking seventh globally in Reading and Mathematics and eighth in Science. The countries that made the most significant gains in Reading, following Qatar, were Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Türkiye, and Azerbaijan. In Science, Qatar was followed by Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Macao, and Colombia. Mathematics-wise, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, Macao, and Montenegro held the top spots, with each country improving their scores from 2006 to 2025.
Despite Qatar's stellar performance, the OECD's comparison of student performance between 2006 and 2025 revealed a concerning trend. When all surveyed countries were considered together, overall student performance in Reading and Mathematics declined to the lowest scores ever recorded by PISA. In Science, performance remained stable between 2022 and 2025 after a downward trend from 2009 to 2022.
The OECD advises the cautious and moderate use of artificial intelligence and digital tools in education, warning against overuse and digital distraction in the classroom.
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