UK needs time to recruit more maths teachers, Rishi Sunak concedes
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6AW6E)
PM says students in England will not be forced to study subject at A-level as he defends plan to make it compulsory until 18
Rishi Sunak has admitted the UK needs time to recruit more maths teachers, adding that his compulsory maths plan would not involve forcing students in England to study the subject to A-level.
Speaking at the London Screen Academy, a sixth-form college in Islington, Sunak mounted a robust defence of the policy, saying it was his personal passion to change the anti-maths mindset" that made it acceptable to joke about having poor numeracy. But he gave no guarantees that the changes would be made before the next election.
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