46 | EDUCATION ASIA | DISCOVER | Resource Provider
C ountries across South East Asia have made remarkable educational progress in recent years, particularly in expanding access to education, surpassing many other developing regions in bringing children to school. In 2025, Vietnam set itself an extraordinary national goal to become one of the world’s top twenty education systems by 2045. This drive and ambition is replicated across school systems in the region, demonstrated by an increasing presence in the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests administered by OECD (Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development), with Thailand participating since 2001 and Vietnam joining in 2012. More than 760,000 students took the PISA science, mathematics and reading tests in 2025, across 91 countries and economies, representing around 33 million 15-year olds across the world. Whilst some domains saw an improvement in performance since 2022, overall reading scores saw particularly steep declines in the past three years, including in those skills that matter most in the AI age: evaluating information, making connections across multiple sources and thinking critically about what we read.
More Than 760,000 students
Representing approx. 33 Million 15-year olds Across 91 countries and economies
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