With the Matric results being published last week, a long-running debate has again reared its head. Is Maths Literacy all that worthwhile? After all, many are opposed to it because it’s “dumbing down ...

As year-end exams come to a close, the pressure mounts for high school pupils and their families to decide whether to continue with Pure Mathematics or switch to Maths Literacy. This choice signifies ...

A branch of maths is being threatened by the focus of other subjects, a campaign has warned. 'Pure maths' is the popular subject in its most basic form. Demonstrated by the genius Alan Turing when he ...

Maths strikes a bad chord in the collective memory of a generation brought up on rules, drill and exercises. Christine Morgan, deputy head of Heathfield junior school in Richmond upon Thames, who runs ...