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Universities are dropping maths from degree courses because students – and their lecturers – cannot cope with it, a report warns today. Decades of substandard maths education in schools has led to a ‘crisis’ in England’s number skills, threatening the future of the economy, it says. Universities are being forced to dumb down degree courses requiring the use of maths, including sciences, economics, psychology and social sciences. 一篇报道警告说，英国学校正在取消数学相关学位课程，原因是学生和讲师都解决不了这类问题。该报道称，英国教育数十年间数学教育不合格，以至于英国学生现在面临数学技能短缺的威胁，也严重影响着未来经济的发展。英国大学被迫降低学位课程对数学运用的要求，这些学位课程包括科学、经济学、心理学及社会科学。 Students are unable to tackle complex problems and their lecturers struggle to teach them anyway, it is claimed. The reputation of the country’s universities and graduates is now under threat, according to the report, ‘Solving the Maths Problem’, published by the education lobby group RSA.“ 学生们应付不了复杂的数学问题，而教师们则疲于来回为他们讲解。英国大学和毕业生的声誉正遭受威胁。”由教育游说团体RSA出版的“解决数学问题”报告如是说。 After looking at maths education in other countries, the authors found that lessons and qualifications in English schools were ‘not fit for purpose’. They say that classes fail to stretch the brightest while leaving weaker pupils ill-equipped to use maths for work and family budgeting, and warn of a growing knock-on effect on universities. ‘English universities are sidelining quantitative and mathematical content because students and staff lack the requisite confidence and ability,’ the report says, adding that English universities are ‘not keeping pace’ with international standards. | 
