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Opinion 51 | Guest Column

From the PISA test to the regression of democracy in Mexico

So far, almost two weeks later, the Mexican government continues to ignore the "drop" in educational results.
From the PISA test to the regression of democracy in Mexico

By Nurit Martínez

If the recent results of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) had been applied to children in the sixth grade, they would indicate that Mexico has a learning level of only the first grade of primary school, is what UNESCO concluded about the quality of education in our country.

And what good does that do us in the global world, the one that competes for jobs and a better economic and social development, well, the answer is simple: there is a high risk of having a lost generation. But what does it mean that our young people do not know how to read the instructions on a box of medicine, on an electronic device to know how to take advantage of it or how to assemble a tool to improve their work, is not the only thing.

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