Given the allegations that Mexico’s participation in the PISA 2025 test has not been confirmed, the private initiative assured that if the evaluation is not carried out, education in the country could go backwards.
“There is concern that Mexico will be left out of the application of the PISA test and that this impacts even more on the educational lag that our country has; The test serves to know the level and based on the results, take public measures that promote the improvement of student learning,” he highlighted. the Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex).
“The decision to participate in the 2025 PISA test can wait until the end of 2024, Mexico’s participation would only be possible if a field test is carried out this year. So it is essential that preparations begin in the coming weeks. If the government does not collect the sample, it will be left out of the international evaluation,” he said.
The private sector also highlighted that in 2022, the year in which the last test was carried out, Mexico’s results in the areas of science, mathematics and readingwere lower than those obtained in 2018, falling 12 places and ranking at number 51.
Coparmex emphasized that Mexico currently invests only 4.6 percent of its GDP in education, compared to the average 5.3 percent of OECD countriesand spends just $3,239 a year.
Among the greatest concerns of the private initiative, the organization chaired by José Medina Mora Icaza He stressed that households with lower incomes could be the most affected, so said evaluation is crucial to provide them with the necessary educational tools.
“Mexican students from homes with higher incomes outperformed those from homes with lower incomes in mathematics by 59 points, which is equivalent to three grades of schooling,” he added.
He emphasized that the PISA test It is a resource that offers information that allows countries to adopt decisions and public policies necessary to improve educational levels, especially because the population that presents it is about to start post-secondary education or is about to integrate. to working life.
