Our workforce won’t be fit for the future unless we disregard the idea we don’t need maths or numeracy skills, writes Nicholas Lyons. Last week, teenagers across the country gathered to find out the ...
Numeracy skills are vital to us all, whether at work or simply helping us to navigate daily life, like managing money. Despite this fact, far too many people are lacking in confidence where our maths ...
HAVING low numeracy levels is costing the average Northern Ireland worker more than £1,500 a year and impacting their ability to keep their jobs, a new report claims. And Bank of England’s chief ...
ASER 2024 reveals a modest recovery in foundational literacy and numeracy among students post-COVID, highlighting ongoing ...
Mark Doyle is one of the tutors who helps learners at Seeds of Literacy. The organization offers continued education for adults who may have slipped through the cracks of the education system as ...
THE number of children performing well in numeracy dips significantly between primary school and early secondary, according to a new report. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...
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The subject of maths should be referred to as numeracy to make it sound 'less scary' and help people budget during the cost of living crisis, a top economist has said. Andy Haldane, formerly the Bank ...
The attainment gap between primary school pupils from the most and least deprived areas of Scotland appears to have widened during the Covid pandemic. New figures showed that literacy and numeracy ...
SCOTTISH children's numeracy standards are declining, with just 40 per cent of S2 pupils shown to have performed 'well or very well' in tests, new Scottish Government figures have revealed While a ...
The figures were revealed in a Scottish government survey of numeracy in Scottish schools. Data showed the percentage of P4 pupils performing well or very well dropped from 76% in 2011 to 69% last ...