Now you wont read of such thing in our newspapers...
If I had the time I'd follow up and check on that,,,, but I have a feeling if I do I will find the exact opposite information... praising Qatar's involvement in the tests and claiming a significant raise in their overall performance.. ...

"Qatar came bottom of the table with 307 points, while students from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait came near the bottom with 329 and 354 points respectively."