Count On

Count On is a major mathematics education project in the United Kingdom which was announced by education secretary David Blunkett at the end of 2000. It was the follow-on to Maths Year 2000 which was the UK's contribution to UNICEF's World Mathematical Year.^[1]

Count On had two main strands:

• The website www.counton.org^[2] which won the 2002 BETT prize for best free online learning resource.^[3]
• "MathFests", which were maths funfairs held around the country, aimed particularly at those who would not normally come into contact with mathematical ideas.^[4]

The MathFests were run largely by MatheMagic and the University of York.

The project has now been handed over to the NCETM.

Popularisation of Mathematics

Count On and Maths Year 2000 were some of the first big Popularisation of Mathematics projects. Others are listed below.

International

• World Mathematical Year 2000
• Statistics 2013
• World Maths Day (orig. Australian) - next one is 6 March 2013

Australia

• World Maths Day

India

• National Mathematics Year

Ireland

• Maths Week Ireland

Nigeria

• National Mathematics Year

Spain

• Matematica Vital
• Paul Boron

United Kingdom

• Maths Year 2000 Scotland
• Maths Cymru (Wales)

USA

• Steven Strogatz's blog

References

1. "English pupils lag behind in maths", BBC News, 5 December 2000.
2. "My Media: Kate Scarborough", The Guardian, 31 July 2006.
3. "Deputy logs on to £100,000", Times Educational Supplement, 18 January 2002.
4. "No doubt about it - we're addicted to maths", Times Educational Supplement, 19 January 2001.