Shanghai to send math teachers to UK

Shanghai's education authority has begun drafting a program to recruit math teachers from the city's schools to teach in the United Kingdom at the invitation of the UK Department of Education, according to sources with the city's education committee on Tuesday.

The invitation came earlier this month after British parliamentary under-secretary of state for education and childcare, Elizabeth Truss, visited Shanghai in February for a firsthand look at math classes and teaching methods.

A Shanghai education official, who declined to be named, said on Tuesday that the municipal education committee is researching details in order to finalize program planning in April. The details include teachers' salaries, recruitment requirements and the terms of the guest teaching.