A math professor believes the Education Minister deserves kudos for their new maths programme. 

The Government's announced 2000 Year 7 and 8 students will take part in a programme aiming to boost math achievement over the first two terms of next year. 

Erica Stanford says it's designed to give more Kiwi kids confidence in mathematics. 

Massey University Distinguished Maths Professor Gaven Martin told Kerre Woodham that this plan can start to address many of the problems thy had.  

He says that while there may have been a fair bit of resistance, at the end of the day, they turned around and delivered something that’s beneficial for the whole country.  

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