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The British government is looking to China to try to improve the [standardized / standard] of maths in British schools. Students in the Chinese city of Shanghai have the highest international test results according [as / to] a global testing agency. There is a [huge / hugely] difference in numeracy levels [between / among] the UK and China. Britain's Times newspaper reports that: "The children of cleaners in Shanghai [underperform / outperform] those of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests." To attempt to [rarify / rectify] this situation, the UK government will [fire / hire] 60 of Shanghai's best maths teachers. It is [partner / part] of a new [initiative / initiation] called the National Numeracy Challenge, which aims [to / at] improving the mathematics ability of one million British students.

The UK government said it was [shocked / shocks] that Britain [legged / lagged] far behind many countries in maths. It warned that poor [numerical / numeracy] is costing the country's economy up to $30 billion a year. Britain's education minister Elizabeth Truss, who recently returned from a [fact-finding / fact-funding] mission in China, stated: "We have some [brilliance / brilliant] maths teachers in this country but what I [seen / saw] in Shanghai and other Chinese cities has only [strengthened / strengthening] my belief that we can learn from them." She added: "They have a [can-do / to-do] attitude to maths and I want us to [match / patch] that, and their performance." She said: "Good maths qualifications have the greatest earnings [potent / potential] and provide the strongest protection against unemployment.

 


 
 

 

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