Global education trends study. File photo dated 09/01/17 of students sitting their exams. Students in the UK are continuing to lag behind their peers from tiny European countries such as Estonia and Finland when it comes to maths, reading and science, a bellwether study of global education trends has suggested. Issue date: Tuesday December 3, 2019. Asian nations, including Singapore and Hong Kong, continue to dominate the latest triennial Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) report, a survey of 15-year-old students from around the world to assess the extent to which they have acquired key skills and knowledge. See PA story EDUCATION OECD. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire URN:48760466 (Press Association via AP Images)

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