Foundations in education are core: Finkel

By Dominica Sanda
Updated July 10 2018 - 4:41pm, first published 7:23am
No one starts school as native maths speaker, says Australia's Chief Scientist Alan Finkel.
No one starts school as native maths speaker, says Australia's Chief Scientist Alan Finkel.

Australia's chief scientist is concerned students who want to study science at university aren't being prepared well enough at school - partly because of a focus on marks over content.