UK parliament getting serious about Dyscalculia

The House of Lords will discuss Dyscalculia on June 4th.

Dyscalculia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the understanding of number-based information. Schools in England are responsible for identifying any special educational needs (SEN) arising from such learning difficulties, and initial teacher training from September 2025 will contain more content related to supporting children with SEN. However, campaigners highlight there remains no specific requirement for teachers to learn about dyscalculia and argue awareness of the learning difficulty remains low.

Read what they will discuss HERE

Math becomes optional in Kenya’s senior secondary school

Kenya’s education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students in this grade are aged 15 years. The education minister said the mathematics taught from grade 4 to grade 9 was sufficient for foundational “numeracy literacy”.

The change, in January 2026, is part of a shift to a new education system styled as the competence based curriculum. The decision is not to scrap maths altogether but rather to make it optional. However, given the poor performance in this subject, it is expected there will be few takers.

Read the debate about it HERE

Dance with Dyscalculia

At the heart of MoveAbility is the inspiring journey of Claire Landis, a passionate dancer who, despite living with ADHD and dyscalculia, discovered the liberating power of dance. 

Read all about it HERE

Special education knowledge is power

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Neurodiversity celebration

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Students created the idea to support Neurodiversity Celebration Week, in their words: “We have a lot of people with a whole range of neurodiversity, including autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, dyslexia, and dyscalculia. We wanted to celebrate their superpowers – we have some people with dyscalculia who are brilliant with words and some with dyslexia who are really creative. The walk was about celebrating them very publicly.”

Read all about it HERE