Rishi Sunak has launched his plan to tackle the UK’s ‘anti-maths mindset’, by forcing people to study Maths until the age of 18.
He wants all school pupils in England to study some maths until 18 – although it will not be compulsory to study the subject at A-level.
The PM has admitted there are not enough teachers to fulfil his plans to boost maths learning, as he failed to say when he will deliver his vision to get everyone studying the subject until adulthood.
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He tweeted the plan and wrote: “We joke about not being able to do maths, but we’d never make a joke about not being able to read. Our plans today bring us one step closer to changing our anti-maths mindset and ensuring every young person has the skills needed for a successful future.”
Mr Sunak said teenagers will be made study maths in “some form” until 18 and said it must be “additional to other subjects, not instead of them”.
“Let me be absolutely clear: I am not saying that the answer is A-Level maths for everyone, but we do need to work out the maths our young people should study,” he said, adding that he wanted to challenge the “anti-maths mindset”.
When he mentioned it this morning literally nobody wanted to ask him a question about it!
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