A review comissioned by the Conservative Party proposes that young people should be forced to study mathematics up to the age of 18.
The report, titled ?A world-class mathematics education for ALL our young people? is available here. It states: ?To bring this country into line with the rest of the world, mathematics, in some form, should be made compulsory to the age of 18. The implementation of this recommendation is a matter of urgency.?
To the surprise of many working in further education, the report does not?reference the role of FE colleges, apprenticeship programmes?nor alternatives?to the GCSE in mathematics, such as?the Functional Skills qualification.
Carol Vorderman, who assembled and led the taskforce for the report said: ?This report does not make comfortable reading. It is aspirational, but this does not mean making maths ?harder? for everyone. It means making the teaching better, and what is taught much more suitable for those who are learning it. The curriculum which exists is a trickled down version of the needs of the most talented.?
A spokesperson from the Department of Education said: ?This [the report] was comissioned by the Conservative Party and whilst the government have already?published The Wolf Report??[a review of 14-19 vocational education] we will consider its recommendation.?
The Wolf Report, published in March 2011, made similar suggestions regarding compulsory mathematics.
Recommendation 9 of the report states: ?Students who are under 19 and do not have GCSE A*-C in English and/ or Maths should be required, as part of their programme, to pursue a course which either leads directly to these qualifications, or which provide significant progress towards future GCSE entry and success.?
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