80% maths teachers in India, Middle East falter on basic mathematical questions: Study

A recent study by Ei, an EdTech company, revealed that nearly 80% of in-service math teachers in India and the Middle East lack basic conceptual understanding in areas such as ratio, proportional reasoning, algebraic reasoning, estimation, and logical reasoning. The study assessed 1,357 teachers from grades 3 to 6 across 152 schools in India, UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia over two years. Results showed that 75% of teachers struggled to answer half of the questions correctly, with only 25% able to answer a quarter of the questions accurately.