Shanghai teenagers show their financial literacy

Education experts are calling for a calm and objective view of the good performance by Shanghai students in the international financial literacy assessment.

Shanghai Education Commission said students from the city had the highest average score in the international assessment, part of the triennial Program for International Student Assessment, known as PISA.

It is conducted by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and is aimed at evaluating education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students nearing the end of compulsory education with a range of assessments.