The French newspaper Le Monde criticized the country’s education system for the results of TIMSS 2023, in which the international organization, in assessing educational achievements, estimated the level of students in mathematics and natural sciences in grades 4 and 8. According to the organization’s report, the growing trend in Turkey’s success brought her to the leaders, while French schoolchildren are at the very bottom among the countries of the continent.
Timss 2023 results were announced on December 4. Pupils from almost 50 countries took part in testing, in which Türkiye became one of the 5 countries that demonstrated the best results in the field of mathematics and natural sciences.
One of the leading French newspapers Le Monde, affected the results, according to which Turkey took 2nd place among European math countries among 4 grades, while France was in the last place in the European continent.
le monde: France is a “champion” on social inequality “
The news article says that France has the worst average in Europe in mathematics among 4 grades, the country is also a “champion” in social inequality.
It is indicated that the difference between the average indicators in mathematics of girls and boys in the 4th grade is 23 points. The newspaper notes that this gap has increased even more according to the results of TIMSS in 2015 and 2019.
In the 8th grade, the biggest difference in points between male and female students in the European Union (EU) in France. This country is also called the “champion for the fight against gender inequality”.
The article by Le Monde emphasizes that the difference in points between the “most prosperous” and “most dysfunctional” students of the 8th grade in mathematics was 81 points, which is much higher than the average, as well as France leads in inequality on the basis of “social origin “.
In the field of natural sciences, where Türkiye took second place among European countries, France has the worst average after Belgium and Chile.
Türkiye increased its science science in the 8th grade from 433 points to 530 points in 2023 and took 7th place among 44 countries. In the same class, Türkiye took 4th place among the 18 countries of the OECR.
Türkiye also took first place in the 4th grade among European countries in natural sciences and the second – in mathematics.