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French school pupils ranked 'worst at maths' in all of EU

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:44:05 +0100

French school children have seriously under performed in an international maths and science testing, according to a new report.

Eccentric maths genius dies in France

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:26:00 +0100

Alexander Grothendieck, one of the great eccentric geniuses of 20th century mathematics, has died in France at the age of 86.

'Bad maths' behind French minister's faulty immigrant claims

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:19:28 +0200

The Interior Minister, Claude Guéant, has been corrected on an assertion he made that 66 percent of the children of immigrant families leave school without qualifications.