The performance of the students in urban areas is much higher than of the students in rural areas, while the results of the students attending private institutions are better than of the students who go to public institutions. The girls usually score better results at school than the boys. The difference is much more pronounced in the ninth class than in the fourth class, shows a study of the performance of the fourth and nine graders in math, the Romanian language and the Russian language, IPN reports.

The study was carried out within the Moldova Education Reform Program that is implemented with the financial support of the World Bank. The objective was to improve the student assessment system and student performance in the beneficiary schools by 2018.

“The study ascertained that the performance of students who had a teacher with a higher teaching degree was better than that of the students whose teachers had a lower teaching degree, while the students coming from families with increased socioeconomic welfare scored much better results in the national tests,” acting minister of education Corina Fusu said in a press briefing.

The performance of students also depends on the education level of the parents, on the fact if these work abroad, are employed and on the area where they work. The students whose parents have higher education, are employed and work in teaching, medicine or business are much more successful at school.

“According to the study, the results of the students who have access to a computer are much better than of the students who do not have access to a computer. The difference is of about 12%,” added the minister.

The study is an indicator used by the Ministry of Education as a result of which US$2 million more will be disbursed in education.

Within the study, there were processed over 30,000 tests of fourth graders and more than 29,000 tests of ninth graders.