Countdown star Carol Vorderman isn’t a fan of Rishi Sunak’s plan for all pupils in England to study maths until they’re 18...
The new prime minister and his wife, Akshata Murty, have a combined fortune of £730m – which has worked against his image, with people asking whether he is in touch with real people’s struggles, especially in the current economic crisis.
‘He’s saying “Oh, my education was important”. Yes, it was important, you went to Winchester which is like Eton B, it’s a private school.’She added: ‘Does he have any conception of what real people are having to go through and the lack of opportunities for children? So what’s the solution? Carol, mum-of-two, is all for a more ‘practical approach’ to maths, and believes not everyone should be forced into learning complicated equations when they are already ‘anxious’ about numbers in their early teens.She said she thinks students are leaving the education system innumerate for a ‘host of reasons’, claiming: ‘I support teachers but in primary school, most teachers, almost all, gave up maths at 16 at GCSE level.
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