15-year-old students in Saskatchewan struggle in subjects such as science, math, and reading compared to the rest of the country.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development conducted a survey testing 15-year-old’s understanding of math, science, and reading, as well as their use of skills in those subjects.

Saskatchewan’s teens placed tenth in the country in all three subject’s overall scores for the survey.

15-year-olds in 72 different countries took the survey, and Saskatchewan teens were near the international average in reading and science, but were sub-par in math.

Canada tested well in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development survey, tying with Finland for fourth in the world.

The Saskatchewan government is going to work to improve math scores in schools by observing how the subject is taught across the country.