Education Minister Vesna Janevska said North Macedonia’s poor results in the 2025 PISA assessment largely reflect education reforms implemented before the current government took office in 2024. She said the current reforms will require nine to 10 years before their results can be properly assessed, when today’s students reach the age measured by PISA.
Janevska also said the decline in student performance seen globally cannot yet be attributed solely to artificial intelligence, pointing instead to the broader impact of technology, social media and uncontrolled use of smartphones and tablets. According to the results, students scored below the OECD average in mathematics, reading and science, with only 32% reaching basic proficiency in mathematics, compared with 65% across the OECD.