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Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 26 November 2019.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 1:33, 26 November 2019

(Translated)

Wales participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment tests for the first time in 2006, and the latest set of results is to be published next week. As you know, the Welsh scores in the last round in 2015 were lower than the scores in 2006 in all areas, and the Welsh results in that year were also lower than the results of the other three nations of the United Kingdom, and lower than the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average in the three areas: literacy, maths and science.

In looking at the data that’s been recently published, including Estyn annual reports, do you see encouraging signs before publication by the OECD next Tuesday?