Peru obtained the greatest advance in all areas of the 2019 Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (ERCE) and placed its primary school students above the regional average, reported the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Before the COVID-19 pandemic appeared and schools were closed in Peru until today, the country significantly decreased the proportion of its students at the lowest level of performance and increased the percentage of students reaching the lowest levels. high.
The study by the Latin American Laboratory for the Evaluation of the Quality of Education (LLECE), of the Regional Office of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean, had the participation of 160,000 third and sixth grade students from 16 countries.
In Peru, 11,956 students participated who were evaluated in Reading, Writing, Mathematics and Science.
Exceed regional average
Third grade students scored 753 points in Reading, a score higher than the regional average of 697 points.
In addition, Peru had a lower proportion of students in the first level of performance than the regional average (19.9%) and a higher proportion in the fourth level, with the highest performance (15%).
Compared to the previous test of 2013, there was a decrease in the percentage of students in the first level (8% less) and an increase in the percentage of students in the fourth level (15% more).
In sixth grade, students scored 741 points on the Reading test, a result above the regional average (696 points).
Similarly, Peru has a lower proportion of students in the first level than the regional average (19.9% less) and a higher percentage in the fourth level (15% more).
Improvements in math and science
In Mathematics, third grade students obtained 740 points, higher than the regional average of 698 points, and, similarly to Reading, there was a lower proportion in the first performance level than the regional average (9.2%) and a higher proportion at the highest level (13.6% more).
Among sixth grade students, the result was 759 points, higher than the regional average of 697 points.
The decrease in students in the first level was 18.4% less than the regional average, and the increase in the highest level was 7.4% more.
With regard to Science, sixth grade students reached 723 points, higher than the regional average of 702 points, and there was a lower proportion of students in the first performance level than the regional average (11.4% less).
In relation to learning differences by gender, the study revealed that boys have 17 points in favor in the Mathematics course, in third grade, and 21 points in favor of girls in Reading in sixth grade.
Challenges in basic education
The coordinator of the laboratory in charge of the evaluations, Carlos Henríquez, pointed out that “Peru has the urgent challenge of generating a development plan for the educational system and strengthening the institutional framework in order to carry out the next steps with the priority of moving towards a more inclusive and equitable education ”.
Some of the factors associated with better learning in Peru were access to initial education, study days at home, and parental involvement, parents’ expectations, and a higher socioeconomic level of families.
On the other hand, repetition and absence from class are associated as limiting factors for learning.
It was also observed that students from indigenous peoples have lower results in evaluations.
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