The numbers of Year 12 students studying intermediate and advanced maths has fallen in recent years to about 35 per cent.
That’s prompted a move for science, technology, engineering and maths subjects to be made mandatory for all Year 11 and 12 students in Australia.
Professor Geoff Prince is the Director of the ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï.
“Mathematical literacy is empowering, mathematical illiteracy is debilitating,” he says.
But he’s not sure making maths compulsory is a workable solution.
