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..
Count On had two main strands: The website www.counton.org. which won the 2002 BETT prize for best free online learning resource.. "MathFests", which were maths funfairs held around the country, aimed particularly at those who would not normally come into contact with mathematical ideas..
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)
United States Steven Strogatz's blog
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