THE OECD has apologised for publishing the wrong information about university students' literacy and numeracy skills.
A report ranked students from the north 22nd out of 23 countries in literacy and 21st out of 23 in numeracy.
The body admitted, however, that it published the wrong data. The north's students, it said, should be closer to mid-table - 13th in literacy and 14th in numeracy.
"In the course of formatting the document for publication, the graphic image for figure 3.2 (but not the title) was mistakenly replaced by the graphic image for figure 2.3," a spokesperson said.
"Northern Ireland is, in reality, closer to mid-table of the surveyed countries."
