Performances in maths, studying and science have fallen to their lowest-ever ranges, making Welsh colleges the worst within the UK.
In a stinging assault, Gillian Keegan claimed it confirmed what would occur throughout the UK if Labour gained energy at Westminster on the subsequent election.
She stated: “Not way back, the Labour chief stated we must always look to Wales to see a blueprint for a future Labour authorities. The fact of what that may seem like in schooling was made very clear this week.”
The Minister declared: “There’s nothing extra harmful to youngsters’s schooling than the Labour Celebration.”
Training in Wales has been the accountability of the devolved authorities because it was created in 1999 and Labour has led the administration all through this era.
Figures printed final week by the Organisation for Financial Co-operation and Growth, which carried out exams often called Pisa assessments in 81 international locations, discovered the Welsh common rating in maths was 466, down from 487 in 2018. In England the newest check consequence was 492.
In studying, the typical rating in Wales fell from 483 to 466, in comparison with 496 for England, whereas in science the rating fell from 488 to 473, with the rating for England 503.
SNP-run Scotland additionally lags behind England in science and maths in accordance with the OECD, though ends in Scottish colleges are higher than these in Wales.
Studying scores in Scotland are barely behind these in England.
England has gone up the Pisa ranks from seventeenth place to eleventh in 5 years.
Ms Keegan stated the failure in Wales is a results of Labour imposing so-called progressive insurance policies on colleges.
A Welsh Authorities spokesperson stated: “Earlier than the pandemic we noticed a robust enchancment in literacy and numeracy requirements. Efficiency has fallen throughout Europe and in each a part of the UK because of the pandemic.
“We’re specializing in enhancing our efficiency.”