Who leads the world in maths? Asia tops, America stumbles and India doesn’t show up

Mathematics performance is not an inheritance of talent, it is a consequence of system design. For years, global education debates have leaned on familiar markers — enrolment ratios, digital classrooms, skills buzzwords. But the clearest comparative mirror still comes from one place: The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data on mathematical literacy,…

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Kallis, Klusener, Jonty Rhodes… and everyone else: Test match where entire South African team was awarded ‘Player of the Match’ | Cricket News

South African allrounder Jaques Kallis (R) and teammate Herschelle Gibbs (C) celebrate the dismissal of West Indies batsman Ridley Jacobs (L) for 78 runs at the Centurion cricket oval in Pretoria, 18 January, 1999. (Photo/Getty Images) By the late 1990s, West Indies were no longer the dominant force they had been through the 1970s and…

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