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60 Math Teachers From Shanghai To Lead Workshop in England to Improve National Level

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On Tuesday March 11, the BBC reported that an estimated £20 billion is lost every year (1.3% of the UK GDP) due to miscalculations stemming from poor math skills. So, when Under Secretary of State for Education, Elizabeth Truss, visited China in February this year she decided that the level of math literacy she was witnessing in Shanghai should be imported to Britain.  

Truss noticed that the level of math skills by the average Chinese student far exceeded the level of their British counterparts. So she decided to arrange a workshop in the UK for local math teachers to be taught by teachers from Shanghai. The move comes in light of a plan to place a greater focus on math and science in schools in order to compete with countries such as China who have pulled ahead in terms of sciences. The hope is also to decrease the reliance on technology, such as calculators and computers, in order to get people solving problems for themselves again.

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