Rishi Sunak: UK initiative will mandate math education up to age 18
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discusses his educational policy focus on strengthening math skills in the UK workforce.
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“Something that I'm really passionate about is having more children study maths, and one of my initiatives is to have maths be studied up to AT.”
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