More books, higher scores


WITH the Covid-19 pandemic taking a toll on teaching and learning, countries from around the world, with few exceptions, reported score declines in the recently released Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 results.

However, it was found that students who had more books in their homes scored better than their country’s average.

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