Hong Kong secondary school pupils’ performance falls in global Pisa study on reading and maths competency, with pandemic blamed for general decline


Hong Kong secondary school students’ performance has fallen in a global study on reading and maths competency, in line with peers elsewhere as a result of the pandemic, according to researchers.

The Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) found that Hong Kong pupils had dropped out of the top 10 to 11th place for mother-tongue literacy, their worst performance since the study, held every three years, began in 2000. The results were announced on Tuesday afternoon.

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