SCHOOL kids will be made to study maths until they are 18 under plans Rishi Sunak wants to implement. The PM is set to lay out the major education shakeup he envisages on Wednesday as he sets his s…
SCHOOL kids will be made to study maths until they are 18 under plans Rishi Sunak wants to implement.
is set to lay out the major education shakeup he envisages on Wednesday as he sets his sights on combating high rates of innumeracy in England.The PM will make his first speech of the year on WednesdayThe UK remains one of the only countries in the world that does not require children to study some form of maths up to the age of 18.
As he sets out his priorities for the year in his first speech of 2023, Mr Sunak will say that with the "right plan", he sees "no reason" why "we cannot rival the best education systems in the world". He is expected to say: "This is personal for me. Every opportunity I've had in life began with the education I was so fortunate to receive.
"And it's the single most important reason why I came into politics: to give every child the highest possible standard of education.
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