The Department of Basic Education has presented the latest findings of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2019 (TIMSS), showing how South African students compare to the rest of ...

Leo Varadkar was probably delivering the eye-popping news that a lot of policymakers do not understand things like percentages, medians and means at around the time our gathering was paying a lunch ...

Do you think you have what it takes to master this tricky numeracy challenge? A quiz created by US-based trivia platform Quizly is inspired by the maths lessons children aged 13 receive in school. For ...

The department of basic education will establish a department of maths, science and technology to curb the “slack” implementation of the maths, science and technology strategy. Basic Education ...

Some love numbers, while others find maths more challenging, but at the end of Year 6 they should all understand topics like geometry, percentages, ratios and algebra. It's important that children ...

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018, by NGO Pratham, found there's been little improvement in learning over the past few years. The story today is far worse than what it was a decade ago ...

The overall difficulty level of the exam is “Easy” Mathematics Basic paper was much easier than the Standard exam The Board has conducted the Mathematics exam at different levels for the first time ...