Education Minister Simon Birmingham has raised the prospect of importing more specialist maths and science teachers from overseas to address a long-term decline in high school student performance.
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) report found Australia was significantly outperformed by nine countries including Japan, Canada and Singapore.
Last week, the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science report found Australian performances had stagnated over 20 years with little change since 2015.
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