Tag: Pisa

  • Monday papers: Phone freak, paper packaging and Neck protectors

    Monday papers: Phone freak, paper packaging and Neck protectors

    Parents largely blamed smartphones for the fall in Finland's PISA ranking.

  • Hear the week's biggest news in Goodmorning the world

    Hear the week's biggest news in Goodmorning the world

    The climate summit in Dubai is in its final stages, and the debate about Sweden's drug policy has been brought back to life. Chronicle by Ulrika Knutson about Finland and the Pisa survey – and much more. Godmorgon världen is Sveriges Radio's weekly magazine about the past week with reportage, analysis and satire.

  • 504: Bad grade for Swedish school

    504: Bad grade for Swedish school

    This week saw the latest Pisa report which shows that knowledge in Swedish schools has become worse. It is said to be both due to the pandemic, but other things also play a role. What does Tidöpartierna's plan to improve Swedish schools look like? We are also talking about a new updated version of the…

  • PISA 2022: Performance in Finland collapses, but is still above average

    PISA 2022: Performance in Finland collapses, but is still above average

    The results of the international student assessment program show that performances decreased both in Finland and in almost all other OECD countries.

  • Sweden crashes in the Pisa measurements – but beats Norway

    Sweden crashes in the Pisa measurements – but beats Norway

    Hear Katarina Helmersson, reporter at Ekot, about Sweden's rise and fall, the discussions around the selection for the exams and why we even compare ourselves to other countries. Host: Robin Olin Guest: Katarina Helmersson, reporter at Ekot Producer: Alice Uhlin, Viola Gad and Karl Kadhammar With sound from: Aftonbladet, Ekot, Riksdagen, School Administration, SVT Contact:…

  • Hear the latest news in Lunchekot

    Hear the latest news in Lunchekot

    Residents of Kallinge who ingested PFAS via their drinking water are entitled to compensation, the Supreme Court ruled today. Swedish 15-year-olds lose big in the global knowledge measurement Pisa. In Gaza, there is intense ground fighting and bombing, and the Israeli military says it entered Hamas's security headquarters.

  • Right now: The government comments on the race in the Pisa survey

    Right now: The government comments on the race in the Pisa survey

    The results from the international knowledge measurement Pisa 2022 have been presented, and show that Swedish 15-year-olds' skills in reading comprehension and mathematics have deteriorated dramatically. The record reduction is in the same order of magnitude as the loss between 2009 and 2012. Now the government is holding a press conference to comment on the…

  • Well-rested senators welcome streaky islanders to Ottawa

    Well-rested senators welcome streaky islanders to Ottawa

    (Photo credit: Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports) After returning from Sweden and enjoying a short break in the schedule, the Ottawa Senators will look to resume their winning ways when they host the New York Islanders on Friday. Ottawa’s participation in the NHL Global Series in Stockholm could not have gone much better, as the Senators…

  • Tim Stutzle gives OT winner, Sen’s top Red Wings in Stockholm

    Tim Stutzle gives OT winner, Sen’s top Red Wings in Stockholm

    (Photo credit: Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports) Tim Stutzle scored with two seconds left in overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in NHL Global Series Sweden on Thursday in Stockholm. During a scramble in the Wings zone, Drake Batherson sent a pass that deflected off a defender’s stick.…

  • Heureka hosts a live video call with ISS astronaut Andreas Mogensen

    Heureka hosts a live video call with ISS astronaut Andreas Mogensen

    It includes various space-themed workshops, planetarium films and information about space and space technology throughout the day. The highlight of the day is a live video call with Mogensen, according to the schedule around 15:45-16:30. During the call, he shares his experiences of living in space and answers schoolchildren’s questions. The In-Flight Invitational (IFC) organized…

  • Senators, Red Wings meet in Sweden series

    Senators, Red Wings meet in Sweden series

    (Photo credit: Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports) The Ottawa Senators haven’t collected wins in North America in nearly a month. They hope for better luck abroad this week. Ottawa plays the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday and the Minnesota Wild on Saturday in the NHL’s Global Series Sweden. The Toronto Maple Leafs are the fourth team…

  • Final sprint for the climate summit, drug policy debated and so on “liquid fascism”

    Final sprint for the climate summit, drug policy debated and so on “liquid fascism”

    Hour 1 The climate summit COP28 in Dubai is in its final stages – will there be an agreement? Conversation with Mathias Fridahl at the Stockholm Environment Institute and reports on the growing threat posed by all air conditioners – already today they devour a fifth of the world's energy. Africa Correspondent Richard Myrenberg reports…

  • JĂłn sprzedaje wodÄ™ zagranicznym inwestorom

    JĂłn sprzedaje wodÄ™ zagranicznym inwestorom

    Ojciec i syn, JĂłn Ă“lafsson i Kristján Ă“lafsson, sprzedali duĹĽÄ… część udziaĹ‚Ăłw w spółce Icelandic Water Holdings grupie zagranicznych inwestorĂłw. Umowy zostaĹ‚y juĹĽ podpisane, ale zakup zostanie sfinalizowany 22 sierpnia. JĂłn mĂłwi, ĹĽe cena zakupu jest poufna, podobnie jak udziaĹ‚ nowych inwestorĂłw w spółce. Nazwa spółki joint venture zostanie ogĹ‚oszona w późniejszym czasie. JĂłn mĂłwi,…

  • Tuesday’s papers: Path to peace, PISA recession and Nord Stream monuments

    Tuesday’s papers: Path to peace, PISA recession and Nord Stream monuments

    The president says that it is not the West’s job to give Putin a way out of the war.

  • The growing literacy gap among the Finnish population

    The growing literacy gap among the Finnish population

    Studies by the International Student Assessment Program (Pisa) have shown that the difference between high and low performing students in Finland has grown over time. The survey measures students’ performance in the fields of natural sciences, mathematics and reading skills. By Johanna KaakinenAssociate Professor of Psychology at the University of Turku, the reason for this…

  • Prime Minister Marin demands that the privacy of his child be respected

    Prime Minister Marin demands that the privacy of his child be respected

    prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) on Thursday publicly appealed for respect for the privacy of his four-year-old child. Inside something TweetMarin wrote that she and her husband do not give permission to take pictures of her daughter or publish pictures of the child. "We hope this is respected. The child has the right to privacy…

  • Copenhagen one of the world’s most relaxing cities – report

    Copenhagen one of the world’s most relaxing cities – report

    If your friends keep telling you to relax more, then you’re in the right place, as a new report has identified Copenhagen as one of the ten most relaxing cities in the world. Compare the market based its ranking on the availability of spas, yoga centers, meditation studios and green areas along with the local…

  • The Court of Appeal imposed fines on Finn Spring Water for environmental damage

    The Court of Appeal imposed fines on Finn Spring Water for environmental damage

    The Vaasa Court of Appeal ordered two food companies to pay fines of several thousand euros for causing environmental damage in Central Ostrobothnia. Finnish spring water production giant Finn Spring and protein bar manufacturer Leader Snack have been prosecuted for several years for inadequately treated wastewater from their facilities, which has violated environmental permit conditions…

  • Delivery of the 2022 edition of the maternity package has begun – an updated congratulatory letter is included

    Delivery of the 2022 edition of the maternity package has begun – an updated congratulatory letter is included

    Clothes are included in the maternity packs. The first maternity packages for the 2022 edition will be delivered to customers this week. The date of transition to the new edition will vary slightly from year to year as it will depend on the number of maternity leave applications received. This year, the edition of the…

  • Denmark among the best in the world for education

    Denmark among the best in the world for education

    Jordan not GEDEN here The report compiled its results based on a number of parameters, such as primary and secondary school enrollment, out-of-school percentages, government spending, average QS World University rankings, and PISA scores. Slovenia, France, Norway, Belgium and Finland rounded out the top 10, while other notable ones included the UK (13th), Ireland (29),…

  • See: Reel Reveals "flexible, durable" 2022 maternity package

    See: Reel Reveals "flexible, durable" 2022 maternity package

    The rise in the birth rate in Finland is one reason for Kela’s decision to disclose the contents of the 2022 maternity package exceptionally early this year. The popular “baby box” is usually only distributed in the spring, but in 2022, new baby starter kits will be sent to expectant mothers from the beginning of…

  • The new strategy aims to close the childhood literacy gap in Finland

    The new strategy aims to close the childhood literacy gap in Finland

    According to the National Board of Education, there is a clear gap in the literacy skills of children and adolescents. This is reflected in the fact that some primary school children can read long texts with little effort and evaluate the reliability of online sources, while others still have reading difficulties in high school. One…

  • See: A thunderstorm hits Oulu on Monday

    See: A thunderstorm hits Oulu on Monday

    The city of Oulu was torn apart by an unusually strong thunderstorm, which caused extensive damage and flooding on Monday afternoon. The storm, which began to hit the west coast town with heavy rain and strong winds around 2:30 p.m., felled trees and flooded several shops in the downtown area. By about 5 p.m., local…

  • The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East

    The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East

    It opened my eyes to the realities of world politics, the plight of small states, risking becoming the pawns when the big powers settle their scores. That is why I start by discussing the theory and practice of foreign intervention in the ME. This is a long history, stretching thousand years back with waves of…

  • 338: The job is a shot in the foot for S

    338: The job is a shot in the foot for S

    Sweden is one of the countries that currently has the highest unemployment in the whole of the EU – a sharp contrast to the Social Democrats’ promise of the EU’s lowest unemployment. But how difficult is the question for the governing parties. and do the jobs have the potential to be an election winner for…

  • Harsh criticism of Ekström: “Has lied”

    Harsh criticism of Ekström: “Has lied”

    Minister of Education Anna Ekström (S) has been questioned in the Riksdag’s Education Committee for over an hour in the morning, due to how she handled the Pisa survey. Several representatives of the opposition do not think that her explanations are sufficient. “The Minister of Education had knowledge but still chose to obscure and manipulate…

  • KU reviews: word for word about the PISA survey

    KU reviews: word for word about the PISA survey

    The question of how the Minister of Education Anna Ekström has handled the tours around the controversial PISA survey will soon be decided by the Constitution Committee, KU. Ekot has taken note of the answers that KU requested from the Government Offices. It appears that word for word in the question of what the Minister…

  • Sharp criticism of the government for handling the Pisa test

    Sharp criticism of the government for handling the Pisa test

    Too many students in Sweden were excluded from participating in the Pisa Test 2018, according to the National Audit Office’s review, which directs sharp criticism at the government and the National Agency for Education. 11 percent of 15-year-olds in Sweden were excluded, but according to the criteria set by the OECD, it should have been…

  • FACTS: Viking castles in company with the Wadden Sea and Kronborg

    When the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decides in the summer of 2022 which historical sites are to be included on its World Heritage List, Denmark has nominated five ring forts from the Viking Age to join. These are Aggersborg by the Limfjord, Fyrkat by Hobro, Nonnebakken in Odense, Trelleborg in Slagelse and Borgring in Køge.…

  • British EU residents were barred from flights in travel chaos after Brexit

    British EU residents were barred from flights in travel chaos after Brexit

    Days after a “mutant” coronavirus strain destroyed the Christmas plans for holidaymakers on both sides of the English Channel, the bureaucracy and confusion over Brexit have raised obstacles for Britons trying to return to their homes in several European countries. After a holiday season already subdued Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit The blues started early for Britons…

  • Przypuszczam, ĹĽe wÄ…tpiÄ™

    Przypuszczam, ĹĽe wÄ…tpiÄ™

    Nie tylko o islandzkich protestach przeciwko metodom zarzÄ…dzania pandemiÄ… WHO. Protest / fot. Adam Zielonka W minionÄ… sobotÄ™ na placu Austurvöllur, przed budynkiem Islandzkiego Parlamentu odbyĹ‚ siÄ™ juĹĽ po raz drugi protest przeciwko rzÄ…dowym metodom zarzÄ…dzania kryzysem wywoĹ‚anym ogĹ‚oszeniem przez WHO w marcu tego roku epidemii koronawirusa, „majÄ…cej znamiona pandemii” („pandemic potential”). Na nastÄ™pnÄ… sobotÄ™…

  • The OECD approves Sweden’s Pisa survey

    The OECD approves Sweden’s Pisa survey

    Sweden gets approved for the Pisa survey, which was conducted in 2018 by 15-year-olds’ subject knowledge, despite the fact that a large proportion of students were excluded from the knowledge survey, according to the OECD. The students’ results had improved in that measurement compared with three years earlier, but the proportion of students who were…

  • The National Audit Office will review the Pisa test

    The National Audit Office will review the Pisa test

    The Swedish National Audit Office has initiated a review of the criticized sample in the knowledge measurement among 9th graders, Pisa, which was conducted in 2018. The reason is that the Swedish National Audit Office has received signals that a disproportionate number of students have been selected out, and that many also did not show…