This rise in prestige has been mirrored by a revamp of undergraduate business programs, with the top ones increasingly resembling MBAs thanks to an emphasis on the rigorous study of economics, statistics and accounting and MBA-like teaching methods using case studies and team exercises.

CNN: Starting out young

The method, which is not without its critics in the teaching profession, assesses each child and gives them suitable exercises to be repeated until they are successful and move on to harder sums.

BBC: Maths classes 'overcrowded'

In interactive exercises, participants were also introduced to student-centered teaching methodologies such as the use of arts and drama, images and artifacts.

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