- Bulletin 25-3: The Competitiveness Implications of Post-Pandemic Learning Losses
- Bulletin 25-2: Re-estimating Ireland’s International Competitiveness Performance
- Retrospective Review, 2020-2023
- NCPC's South-East Regional Seminar
- Bulletin 25-1 Developments in Ireland's National Productivity Statistics
- The Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2024
- Budget 2025 and Competitiveness: Investing in Ireland’s Future Prosperity
- NCPC Chair attends the Competitiveness Summit
- Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2024
- Bulletin 24-4 IMD World Competitiveness Rankings
- Bulletin 24-3 Competitiveness and the Housing Market in Ireland
- NCPC's Mid-West Regional Seminar
- NCPC Welcomes DETE-ESRI Joint Economic Research Programme Seminar
- Bulletin 24-2 Ireland’s Competitiveness and Productivity Framework
- ESRI Publish Working Paper of DETE ESRI Joint Research Programme
- Bulletin 24-1 Re-estimating Ireland’s International Innovation Performance
Bulletin 25-3: The Competitiveness Implications of Post-Pandemic Learning Losses
The NCPC is pleased to publish Bulletin 25-3 on The Competitiveness Implications of Post-Pandemic Learning Losses. This Bulletin utilises OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data to analyse the impact of COVID-19-related school closures on maths proficiency, which underpins success in STEM fields. The Bulletin also compares Ireland's performance to international peers, assess trends in absenteeism in Ireland, and review OECD Performance Indices that provide further context to OECD PISA results.
The analysis points to a long-term deterioration in maths proficiency globally with an acceleration in this decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ireland, however, has observed a less severe decline compared to many peer economies. Absenteeism rates in primary and post-primary education are also significantly above pre-pandemic rates.
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