PISA's real lesson is accountability, not excuses

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MALAYSIA'S latest PISA results should neither become a national embarrassment nor be explained away by saying that education is about more than numbers. Education Minister Datuk Seri Fadhlina Sidek is right on one important point: a nation's educational health cannot be reduced to a league table. Behind every PISA score is a young Malaysian with

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