Fick

Young adults in England have scored among the lowest results in the industrialised world in international literacy and numeracy tests.

A major study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows how England's 16 to 24-year-olds are falling behind their Asian and European counterparts.

England is 22nd for literacy and 21st for numeracy out of 24 countries.

The OECD's Andreas Schleicher warned of a shrinking pool of skilled workers.

Unlike other developed countries, the study also showed that young people in England are no better at these tests than older people, in the 55 to 65 age range.

When this is weighted with other factors, such as the socio-economic background of people taking the test, it shows that England is the only country in the survey where results are going backwards - with the older cohort better than the younger.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24433320

 

I'm highly intelligent.

 

18. Northern Ireland

Pass the smack, please

 

I singal handedely brung scotslands down.

 

The high number of British state schools brought us down.

 

Kirung is too fick to read the article properly

No wonder our ****ing stats are so low

 

Why are your stats so low?

 

With a % posting on Not606.

 

Fixed you fick pikey ****.

Our stats are **** because we're carrying the *****-half of Direland with us. Your southern brethren aren't doing that well either, but we get the short straw <atleastthere'snosmack>

 

When did NI relocate to England?

 

Beelin'.