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Fewer than one in five students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland study any kind of maths after GCSE, representing the lowest levels of participation in a comparative study of 24 countries published by the Nuffield Foundation today. Levels of participation are higher in Scotland, where just under half of students study maths after S4, but still below the average. In most of the countries surveyed, more than half of upper secondary students study maths. The Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Korea, Russia, Sweden and Taiwan had the highest levels of participation. In these countries, almost all students study mathematics until the age of 18, reflecting the compulsory status of the subject. The research was undertaken by Dr Jeremy Hodgen and David Pepper from the Department of Education and Professional Studies, King's College London; and Linda Sturman and Graham Ruddock from the National Foundation for Educational Research. It compares the participation rates and content of upper secondary mathematics education in 24 countries.
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