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Kerre McIvor: Fixing our shambolic education system should be doable (Photo / Getty) It is still a big regret of mine that I lost my way with maths.  I was really enjoying maths for years and years and then I hit fifth form and either it was the change of teacher or I'd just reached my natural limit but one minute I had it, and the next minute it was gone.  One minute I was enjoying the glorious purity of solving equations, the next the numerals and symbols were just incomprehensible ciphers.  I managed to scrape through School C maths, then collapsed into a sixth form economics class and ...

The Ministry of Education has enlisted a team of experts to tackle New Zealand children's poor performance in maths. The ministry says it will make the maths curriculum clearer and give teachers more help (File image). Photo: 123RF It has commissioned the country's top science body, the Royal Society, to investigate the maths curriculum and the best ways of teaching the subject. The ministry said it would also make the maths curriculum clearer and give teachers more help to teach it. It announced the moves after the Principals Federation said there appeared to be no leadership, despite years...

(AFP Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In a series of tweets, poet and screenwriter Jerry Gracio slammed the statement of Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas who attributed the dismal performance of students in global reading, math, and science assessment to failure to teach effectively in elementary and high schools. Gullas called on the Department of Education to map out plans to boost the teaching of English in schools, noting that poor English reading and comprehension skills “have handicapped our students in math and science.” “Ba’t mahina tayo sa math at science? Dahil kailangan munang matuto mga ...

Photo: 123RF The Principals Federation says achievement in maths and science in particular should be ringing alarm bells and schools need more direction on what they should be teaching and the best ways to teach it. In a letter to the secretary for education, Iona Holsted, the federation's president, Perry Rush, said New Zealand's falling scores had not provoked an urgent response and the lack of "thought leadership" was a serious weakness. Holsted responded with a letter that said the Ministry of Education (MOE) was already working on the problems the federation raised and schools already ha...

New Zealand kids' maths results have stayed stagnant - while other countries have zoomed ahead New Zealand kids' maths results have stayed stagnant - while other countries have zoomed ahead 2 February 2021 An expert panel's been called in to improve students' math results and shake up the curriculum. The latest Trends in International Mathematic and Science survey found Kiwi students' maths knowledge in the first year of high school, was below all other English speaking countries. Massey University mathematics professor Bobbie Hunter says we're still achieving at the same level as 20 yea...