Phl in bottom 4 of global creative thinkers

The Philippines has landed in the bottom four of a global test for creative thinking, ranking student performance in the country as one of the worst in the world, according to results of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)'s newly launched benchmarking test for creativity.

- Neil Jayson Servallos

Among 64 countries, 15-year-old Filipino junior high students were deemed to have one of the weakest creative thinking skills globally, with a mean score of 14.2.

In comparison, Southeast Asian neighbor Singapore scored the highest among 64 countries with a mean score of 41.