Singapore placed first in a study that tested 15-year-olds on how well they generate creative ideas, as well as evaluate and improve on them, ahead of Korea and Canada in second and third place respectively.
Singapore’s 15-year-olds came out top in an international benchmarking study on creative thinking, even though they do not think of themselves as creative.
Singapore students were tested on how well they generate creative ideas, as well as evaluate and improve on them in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022.
A total of 6,600 students from 149 secondary schools and 15 private schools, including international schools and religious schools, participated in the study, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) in a press release on Tuesday (Jun 18). Singapore also topped the scoreboard for mathematics, science and reading.
