Singapore is a world-beater in Education

SINGAPORE - Singapore has been named No. 1 in the world's most comprehensive education rankings. It beat 75 other regions and countries, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which released its findings on Wednesday. The study looked at how academic scores were linked to economic growth.

Singaporeans come out tops in maths, problem-solving, and even the amount of time spent on homework. Here are other education rankings which Singapore has excelled in.

1. Who says we are rote learners? We are No. 1 in problem solving too.

Fifteen-year-old teens here chalked up the highest score of 562, beating students from 43 other economies in a problem-solving test under the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). Some 85,000 students took the computer-based test, which measures the skills people use when faced with everyday problems, such as setting a thermostat or finding the quickest route to a destination.

By Priscilla Goy