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World Service,20 Jul 1998,14 mins

Literacy and Numeracy in Britain

The Learning World

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A British government task force believes that learning alone has been 'disastrous' for numeracy. The programme talks to the chair of the task force about what has gone wrong with teaching numeracy, and how the government plans to address it. Also on the programme: A look at the literacy strategy coming into effect in September.

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