Singapore’s primary school pupils are world’s best in reading


Casuarina Primary School prefect Rithvik Rajesh (left), 10, and pupil Shalizyana Mohammad, seven, reading a book together in the school library on May 16. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Primary 4 pupils in Singapore have emerged as the top readers in the world in an international test.

Results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls), which were released on Tuesday, showed that pupils here were strong in both foundational and higher-order reading skills compared with their international peers.

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