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Students read in the library of the Valenzuela City Academic Center for Excellence in Valenzuela City on February 6, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Valenzuela City Academic Center for Excellence

Joyce Balancio

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<div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171880657630120240206-valenzuela-academic-center-29.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Students read in the library of the Valenzuela City Academic Center for Excellence in Valenzuela City on February 6, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Students read in the library of the Valenzuela City Academic Center for Excellence in Valenzuela City on February 6, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA— Students in the Philippines lagged behind in terms of creative thinking compared to students in other countries, the <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://gpseducation.oecd.org/CountryProfile?primaryCountry=PHL&amp;treshold=5&amp;topic=PI">Programme for International Student Assessment</a> (PISA) showed. </p><p>In its 2022 cycle, PISA measured15-year-old students’ creative thinking or the “ability to generate, evaluate and improve ideas to produce original and effective solutions, advance knowledge and create impactful expressions of imagination”. </p><div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/19/lack-of-textbooks-and-untrained-teachers-highlight-ph-education-issues-study-2102">Lack of textbooks, untrained teachers highlight PH education issues, according to study</a></div><p>With a PISA score of 14, Philippines ranked 60 out of 62 countries and economies that participated in the assessment. </p><p>Students in Philippines have among the lowest performance in creative thinking, PISA said. </p><p>“The observed creative thinking performance in Philippines is lower than the expected performance, after accounting for performance in reading,” it added. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/4/opening-up-education-sector-won-t-solve-learning-crisis-investment-banker-1214">Opening up education sector won&#x27;t solve learning crisis: investment banker</a></div><p>Singapore scored significantly higher than all other participating countries and economies in creative thinking. </p><p>Students in Korea, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Belgium,  Poland and Portugal also performed above OECD [Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development] average. </p><p>An earlier study by PISA also showed that Filipino students were also the lowest scorers  in reading, math and science.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"> <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AaqcUqlXkV0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </span></div>

<p>Students in the Philippines lagged behind in terms of creative thinking compared to students in other countries, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) showed.</p>

Students in the Philippines lagged behind in terms of creative thinking compared to students in other countries, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) showed.

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Students in PH have among the lowest performance in creative thinking, PISA results show

Joyce Balancio,

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Published June 19, 2024 10:23 PM PHT

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Updated September 24, 2024 03:02 PM PHT

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