Maths Until 18: When Two and Two Aren't Put Together Thomas Dean, Urmston Grammar, UK When Rishi Sunak announced the concept of maths until 18 – it was met with a seismic sigh of despair not just from students but teachers alike. Why? Unlike many of the policies he creates, you can’t fault the ideology of Rishi Sunak here. In a government where so few decisions are made to support the young people of the country anymore – seen by the appointment of 5 education secretaries in one year – it should be seen as a positive mindset to focus on the young generation of kids. After all, we will have control of the country one day. However, for how Rishi Sunak’s thinking is positive, perhaps even noble, it is shocking how diabolically flawed the idea of maths until 18 is.
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