France's maths problem: Students lag behind other EU countries
Multiple studies show that French students aren't learning maths as well as they used to. Compared to other European nations, France came in last in a recent study on the maths level of 600,000 students. On top of that, many French students have decided not to take maths classes. At the baccalaureat level, the last year of high school, some 40 percent of French students did not take a single maths class.