Finland is the only country in the world where more girls perform better at science than boys. The experts offer insight into what other countries can learn from Finland.
If you care about increasing the number of women who pursue scientific careers, you need to read up on an important news item from last week.
The PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) test, which the OECD administers to 15-year-olds globally every three years, shows that Finland is the only country in the world where girls not only score higher in science than boys, but also has more girls than boys who are top performers. Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Jordan, Qatar, Georgia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Arab Emirates also have girls who perform 15 points higher than boys on average in the PISA test, but they have fewer girls than boys in the highest ranks.
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