The coordinator of the OECD's Pisa report, Andreas Schleicher, visited the island of Lanzarote last week, after the Government of the Canary Islands commissioned him to prepare a report to determine the measures to be taken to improve education in this community.
During his visit to the island, Schleicher visited the César Manrique Foundation and the Ignacio Aldecoa school in La Graciosa. "He was impressed, because he was able to verify the high number of both human and physical resources of the center and the relationship, above all, of students per teacher," said the island director of Education, Juan Cruz, who accompanied Scheicher on his visit to the school in La Graciosa.
During his visit, Andreas Schleicher stated that both Spain, and the Canary Islands in particular, have experienced a positive evolution in education. Schleicher explained that in 2000 only 30 countries submitted to the PISA report, but that currently there are more than 60. "The true value of PISA is that it raises the diagnoses, the problems and the solutions," he said.
Cruz explained for his part that, although in the Canary Islands "there are indicators that reflect that the educational system has improved, there are still applications that need to be undertaken." And it will be this report, prepared by the coordinator of the OECD's Pisa report, that determines which actions are appropriate.