Written by Kamal Preet Kaur Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s proposed plan to teach mathematics to all children till the age of 18 is not only being dissected by education and policy experts in the UK, it has also become the latest topic for dinner table conversations within diaspora households, especially as Indian children are usually considered better at maths. According to UK government’s ethnicity data, 72.4% Indian-origin students got grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSE during academic year 2020-2021. They trailed behind Chinese-origin students, who topped the UK list at 83.8%. Speaking recently at a school in...