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There is another way of looking at the latest Pisa results
Sir, – Listening from my home in Siem Reap to Irish radio coverage of Ireland’s latest Pisa results, it is difficult not to be struck by the contrast with the country in which I have lived and worked since 2014 (“Yet there is another way of looking at Cambodia’s participation.
There is genuine pride here that the country is taking part at all, measuring itself against international standards and confronting openly the scale of the challenge it faces. Cambodia’s education system has had to rebuild from an almost unimaginable starting point. About 90 per cent of the country’s teachers were killed during the Khmer Rouge period. Less than half a century later, Cambodia is participating in the same international assessment as Ireland and seeking to improve against the same measures.
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‘I’m picturing Galway’: introducing Cork to a teenager in 48 hours At SeeBeyondBorders, an Irish-supported NGO working in rural Cambodian primary schools, our focus is on one of the most important influences on children’s learning: their teachers. We work alongside Cambodian educators to strengthen teaching, school leadership and professional development, with support from the Irish Government through Irish Aid. Ireland should rightly take pride in today’s Pisa results.
But perhaps there is also an opportunity to reflect on the value of Irish educational expertise internationally. In Cambodia, where the challenges are very different, Ireland is already playing a small but meaningful part. – Yours, etc,Landlord who advertised house at higher rent after evicting family ordered to pay €15,000The Irish Times view on the French presidential election: a key contest for Europe
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