PUPILS sitting Scotland’s most important mathematics exams are failing to get to grips with basic numeracy skills, examiners have warned. Official reports into this summer’s National 5 and Higher ...

TRAINEE teachers who have taken Higher maths can still struggle with basic numeracy, the Scottish Parliament heard yesterday. Graham Donaldson, the architect of a major report on the future of teacher ...

Makati City Mayor and senatorial candidate Abby Binay called on the education sector to focus more on developing students’ basic literacy and numeracy skills in the early years to improve the quality ...

The energy sector is alarmed that about half of the electrical apprentices tested this year have failed internal literacy and numeracy exams. For years, apprenticeship and trainee completion rates in ...

SENATORIAL candidate and Makati City mayor Abby Binay has zeroed-in on strengthening early childhood education as a crucial step in improving the country’s quality of education. For the mayor, the ...

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The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Christian International High School, Prof Emeritus Stephen Adei says teachers do not have a right to demand for study material to aid them in adequately preparing ...

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