Australia's 'tolerance of failure' behind declining PISA results

By Pallavi Singhal
Updated October 19 2017 - 10:03am, first published October 1 2017 - 3:00pm
Australia's 'tolerance of failure' behind declining PISA results
Australia's 'tolerance of failure' behind declining PISA results

The co-ordinator of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has linked Australia's steady decline in all three test areas of maths, reading and science to the country's "tolerance of failure" in schools.

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