OECD: Shanghai teachers among world’s most qualified

Shanghai middle school teachers are among the world's most qualified, according to a survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

新华社上海2月19日电——据世界经合组织发布的一项调查结果，上海中学教师名列全球最优秀教师之列。

OECD surveyed nearly 4,000 Shanghai teachers from 199 junior middle schools in 2015 along with teachers from 37 other countries and regions.

在2015年，OECD对全球37个国家和地区的教师进行了调查，来自上海199所初中的近4000名教师参与了此调查。

Shanghai's education impressed the world after students of the city won first place in the Program for International Student Assessment, the OECD's math, science and reading tests of students from dozens of countries, in 2009 and 2012.

据悉，在经合组织2009年和2012年的PISA (国际学生评估项目)中，经合组织对来自全球几十个国家的学生进行数学、科学和阅读等方面的测试，上海学生均获得了第一名，因此，上海的教育水平给全球留下了深刻印象。

Some 98.5 percent of the polled Shanghai teachers have bachelor's degrees or higher degrees, according to the survey results, released on Thursday. The global average is 92.7 percent.

据2月18日公布的调查结果，上海教师中大学本科及以上学历的占比达98.5%。而这项数据的全球平均水平为92.7%。

The average age of the Shanghai teachers is 38, five years younger than the global average.

上海教师平均年龄为38周岁，比国际均值低5岁。

Shanghai teachers are given an average 63 days a year for training and professional development, double the global average, while Shanghai principals invest less time in administration and more time in teaching than their foreign counterparts, the survey showed.

调查还显示，上海教师一年中用于各项培训和专业发展活动的天数达63天，是国际平均值的两倍还多。相比之下，上海初中校长在行政管理工作上所投入的时间比例显著低于外国中学校长，而投入在教学工作上的时间却远超外国校长。