The decline in religiosity over the past 15 years is twice as great as the decline in 1960s and 1970s. An update through 2013 is now available here. Religiosity in the United States is in the midst of ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The GCSE gender gap is the smallest it has been since the year 2000, with boys slowly closing in on the lead set by girls, the 2025 exam figures show. English and maths resits have reached an all-time ...

The curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn. The number of post-16 students taking GCSE resits in the ...

Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other ...

Before permitting Mathematics (041) in class XI to such students, the head of the institution/school should satisfy that the students have the aptitude and ability to pursue Mathematics (041) in class ...

With exam season in full swing across the UK, many students are in the middle of their GCSEs and A Levels. But one of the questions thousands of students faced in a past GCSE maths exam has parents ...

Across the UK, teenagers have been grappling with everything from fractions to ratios as they tackle their GCSE maths exams. This year, one particular question attracted the ire of parents and the ...

Following introduction of applied math, the existing ‘Section C’, comprising calculus, linear regression and linear programming, has been removed from the maths syllabus, says the council Mathematics ...

A GCSE maths question is so difficult, it left 85% of people scratching their heads in a bid to try and answer it correctly. The month of May signals the start of exam season, with millions of pupils ...

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