Gremlins in white boiler-suits harassed Britons in the early 2000s, springing from cupboards, drawers and sofas whenever people were asked to read or add up. The critters were the stars of government ...

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 ...

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 ...

A numeracy programme will be launched to improve poor maths skills among up to half a million adults. Rishi Sunak told MPs he would put £560million into the scheme, called Multiply, to ‘change ...

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 ...

Tamil Nadu has the highest number of students lacking basic numeracy skills. Tamil Nadu has the highest number of students lacking basic numeracy skills followed by Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, and ...

Young people starting work at John Lewis stores lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, the boss of the department store chain has said. Dame Sharon White's comments were reported in the Times after ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is executive director of East African civil society organisation Uwezo Uganda, and writes on behalf ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday launched an initiative with an aim to ensure that every child in India necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Class III, by 2026-27. The ...