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‘Four in 10 people not confident using numbers in their everyday lives’

Four in 10 (40%) people do not feel confident about using numbers in their everyday lives, a survey has found. And one in five (20%) would avoid jobs that involve using numbers often, according to the research published by the Association of British ...

22 Feb 2022 at 01:25

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Almost 250,000 free books given to school children in literacy drive

Almost a quarter of a million books will be handed out to children in primary two and three this year as part of a child literacy programme. On Wednesday, Humza Yousaf visited a primary school to promote “Read Write Count with the First Minister” – ...

15 Nov 2023 at 12:37

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New Adult Literacy Organiser appointed by Donegal ETB

Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) has appointed Adele McElhinney as an Adult Literacy Organiser (with initial responsibility for coordinating Regional Literacy) to its Further Education and Training (FET) Service. The new post has been ...

08 Sept 2022 at 10:33

Personal Finance

More open conversations with children about money needed, says Bobby Seagull

More partnerships should be established between schools and financial experts to help people feel better equipped for managing their money, TV mathematician Bobby Seagull has suggested. The teacher and broadcaster was speaking ahead of ...

21 May 2024 at 00:01

England has highest proportion of adults ‘overqualified’ for their jobs – report

England has one of the highest rates in the developed world of workers overqualified for their roles, a report has suggested. Nearly two in five (37%) workers in England are overqualified for their current job, according to the ...

10 Dec 2024 at 14:24

Sunak and wife Murty unveil new charity focused on tackling numeracy problems

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty have unveiled a new charity dedicated to improving numeracy across the UK. The venture, which has been named The Richmond Project after the area of North Yorkshire ...

01 Mar 2025 at 10:00

Northern Ireland

Almost three in 10 children falling behind in literacy and numeracy – Givan

Almost three in 10 children in Northern Ireland are not achieving the expected levels in literacy and numeracy at the end of primary school, data has shown. Education Minister Paul Givan said the publication of 2024–25 End ...

28 Aug 2025 at 16:12

Proposed year 8 tests should not be used to measure schools – review chief

New English and maths tests in year 8 proposed by the curriculum and assessment review should not be used to measure schools, the leader of the Government-commissioned review has said. The final report of the curriculum ...

04 Nov 2025 at 22:30

Phillipson: New year 8 reading test will sit alongside maths and writing tests

The Government’s new reading test for year 8s will sit alongside new “diagnostic” maths and writing tests to help teachers identify gaps in learning, the Education Secretary has said. The final report of the curriculum ...

05 Nov 2025 at 17:35

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