About PISA
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial international
survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills
and knowledge of 15-year-old students who are nearing the end of their compulsory
education. PISA assesses how well they can apply what they learn in school to real-life
situations. Over 90 countries have participated in the assessment so far which began
in 2000. Every three years students are tested in the key subjects: reading, mathematics
and science.
The development in robotics and Artificial Intelligence will make machines better
at routine tasks, and then humans will need to focus on the skills that remain exclusive
to them: creativity, collaboration, communication, and problem-solving. They will
also need to adapt quickly as more and more skills fall prey to automation. Thus
it connotes that the 21st-century classroom will have to focus on the strengths
and interests of each person, rather than impart a canonical set of knowledge which
were suited for the industrial age.
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