Complaint
A listener complained that, during an interview about Boris Johnson鈥檚 evidence to the Covid Inquiry, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg MP spoke about a 鈥渟ignificant decline鈥 in maths scores in the UK鈥檚 latest Programme for International Assessment (PISA) results which he blamed on the pandemic. In fact the drop in PISA results in the UK was only partly attributed to the pandemic by the organisation responsible for PISA. The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 麻豆社鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
As Sir Jacob did not say or imply that the decline in maths scores was solely due to the pandemic, his remarks were not inaccurate in this respect.
Not upheld