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Home » News » Watch: Sunak’s new maths plan literally doesn’t add up – reactions

Watch: Sunak’s new maths plan literally doesn’t add up – reactions

"If you’re so good at maths Rishi why is the economy in the toilet!!!!! Clown!!!"

Politics Reporter by Politics Reporter
April 17, 2023
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Rishi Sunak has launched his plan to tackle the UK’s ‘anti-maths mindset’, by forcing people to study Maths until the age of 18.

He wants all school pupils in England to study some maths until 18 – although it will not be compulsory to study the subject at A-level.

The PM has admitted there are not enough teachers to fulfil his plans to boost maths learning, as he failed to say when he will deliver his vision to get everyone studying the subject until adulthood.

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He tweeted the plan and wrote: “We joke about not being able to do maths, but we’d never make a joke about not being able to read. Our plans today bring us one step closer to changing our anti-maths mindset and ensuring every young person has the skills needed for a successful future.”

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Mr Sunak said teenagers will be made study maths in “some form” until 18 and said it must be “additional to other subjects, not instead of them”.

“Let me be absolutely clear: I am not saying that the answer is A-Level maths for everyone, but we do need to work out the maths our young people should study,” he said, adding that he wanted to challenge the “anti-maths mindset”.

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We joke about not being able to do maths, but we’d never make a joke about not being able to read.

Our plans today bring us one step closer to changing our anti-maths mindset and ensuring every young person has the skills needed for a successful future. pic.twitter.com/5kT2hftrC3

— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) April 17, 2023

When he mentioned it this morning literally nobody wanted to ask him a question about it!

Rishi Sunak can't get anyone to ask him a question about his maths announcement or an anything else. 🙈 pic.twitter.com/RFptHUosQ7

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) April 17, 2023

Reactions

1.

"Privately educated multi-millionaire who famously cant use a debit card thinks you should be better at numbers and stuff…" https://t.co/WagvsJiecd pic.twitter.com/wfKXt1VZaJ

— Cumberdick Benderbatch (@CumberdickB) April 17, 2023

2.

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The fact that there are a million things in more urgent need of his attention doesn’t mean that Sunak is wrong about maths. And he probably doesn’t intend it this way but the greater a population’s numeracy, surely the lower their tolerance of financial equality.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) April 17, 2023

3.

Smell that? That's the smell of every government minister breaking out into a sweat because Sunak just guaranteed they'll be given a maths test in every interview this week. pic.twitter.com/XtZ2qUzi2c

— Harry Kind (@HarryKind) April 17, 2023

4.

https://twitter.com/LKTranslator/status/1647880229078147072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1647880229078147072%7Ctwgr%5Ecd58057f8c7eeb3273371737e5b50a25946e6657%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2023%2F04%2F17%2Frishi-sunak-anti-maths-mindset%2F

5.

https://twitter.com/Dempster2000/status/1647876482625150977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1647876482625150977%7Ctwgr%5Ecd58057f8c7eeb3273371737e5b50a25946e6657%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2023%2F04%2F17%2Frishi-sunak-anti-maths-mindset%2F

6.

If you’re so good at maths Rishi why is the economy in the toilet!!!!! Clown!!!

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) April 17, 2023

7.

Breaking: “Adults should be able to do maths” says man who squandered 11 billion pounds of loans interest using taxpayers money. pic.twitter.com/npYQEhHcfH

— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) April 17, 2023

8.

"Question 1: If Rishi wants more people to study maths, but there is a nationwide shortage of maths teachers, and this doesn't address said shortage, then how big a waste of time is this whole fucking thing? Please show your working." https://t.co/Bbkhtb7cEW

— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) April 17, 2023

9.

Another tyre kicking day for the British people from sunak !

He. Does. Not care https://t.co/itFb3oKzKQ pic.twitter.com/NL5bAMov4W

— Spanish Dan 💙 conservative CORRUPTION (@SpanishDan1) April 17, 2023

10.

For instance adults should be able to answer simple questions like:

"If you are thousands of maths teachers short of required numbers + you've cut real terms pay for 13 years + then you introduce a policy that requires thousands more maths teachers how likely is it to succeed?" pic.twitter.com/lVC3KzpqgE

— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) April 16, 2023

11.

Left: Rishi Sunak wants children to study maths till 18

Right: Conservative MP Greg Hands struggles to explain the difference between a loan and a discount pic.twitter.com/UaxB94gcKE

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) April 17, 2023

12.

‘It’s not ok to be bad at maths’ says man trying to implement scheme without requisite number of teachers to do so: pic.twitter.com/knT8EaT0ed

— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) April 17, 2023

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