I agree that Maths is important and a key aspect of your future, however this differs from the importance of Maths tables by country. I feel that while this country should improve its scores for maths, it should be given no more a priority over English, Science or even History.
While it may seem that we have truly been whooped by Asia's rankings in the Maths league tables, this does not show that it has the best education system. I believe that in such countries such as Shanghai there has been an over emphasis on Maths whereas skills such as analytic skills, essay writing, communication and teamwork etc. have been neglected. Therefore, we must not follow suit into this one subject specialisation to pamper up our education system but rather it excel in a wide range of subjects not the few/one.
Furthermore, should we want to have a high statistic on pupils grades, that would be simple, make all education private and make it so that only the wealthiest can afford education (assuming that low income correlates negatively on grades.) But clearly this seems wrong, and it is! So why obsess over statistics (as much as they can be helpful) and not take a step back and view it as a whole.
I believe that while improvement shouldn't go a miss in the education system, we should not feel urge to leap forward into one subject specialisation as people are better at different things and we need future employers/employee's to have a range of skills, not just the one.
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