People training to be science, maths or ICT teachers were more likely to drop out too, the researchers said.
Firstly, we'll need a more scientifically literate workforce, so let's put more cash into hiring science and maths teachers.
England's pupils were placed in the top 10 for science and maths.
The government cash was also to be used for language teachers in primary schools and science and maths teachers in secondary schools.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | City teachers could get more cash
'We're just not producing enough graduates with computer science or maths skills.
In December the OECD published the results of a test pitting teenage students around the world against each other in reading, science and maths.
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England's Department for Children, Schools and Families rejected the claims, saying it had done a great deal to recruit science and maths graduates into teaching.
Academia is, for the most part, well suited to work-life balance choices. (I, say, for the most part because science, maths and engineering appear to have deeper problems).
From these, you derive more specific aims eg that as citizens, they will need to understand the society they live in, its economy, and the contribution of science, maths and technology to the latter.
The performance of Massachusetts was much more successful than the US average - and was at a level that would put it among top performing science and maths countries such as Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan.
With virtually no state schools providing adequate teaching in science or maths, he says, the country has added to its vast problem of unemployment (every other 18-24-year-old is out of work) a no less vast problem of unemployability.
In maths and science boys and girls perform much the same at primary school, but at age 15 boys do rather better than girls in maths (though not science).
And students looking for places on sought-after courses such as medicine and veterinary science see advanced maths as a way to stand out.
Dr Schmidt said the UK needed to reignite children's passion for science, engineering and maths.
Wales again ranked lowest of the UK countries in terms of reading, maths and science ability.
Incidentally, this was well ahead of Scotland which came 18th and 16th in maths and science respectively.
But the same data did not give the overall figures for maths, science and English teacher posts.
Mr Andrews announced reforms after international assessments for reading, maths and science showed Welsh teenagers were falling behind.
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It will buy textbooks for 16, 000 primary schools in the key subjects of Kiswahili, English, Maths and Science.
Alan Brown, director of education, said he was pleased with the results, which represented English, Maths and Science.
"We teach English, maths and science to all students because they are fundamental to understanding society, " she said.
In the English, maths and science tests, 67%, 76% and 87% of them achieved at least the expected level.
In 1997 America scored pathetic marks in an international maths and science test.
First, the international comparison of standards in maths and science (TIMSS) showed that England is indeed doing very well.
It also raised concerns about introducing English Baccalaureate certificates in English, maths and science while still running "discredited" GCSEs for other subjects.
The studies reveal that Asian countries continue to dominate the top of the global tables in maths, science and reading.
Mr Blunkett could certainly regard these results as justification for his tough targets and firm focus on maths, science and English.
Then the results for each subject, ENGLISH, MATHS and SCIENCE are reported, again with comparison bars - the best being 100%.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Guide to the primary school tables
America was 17th in reading and even lower in maths and science.
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EBCs in English, maths and science are due to be introduced in autumn 2015, with the first exams being taken in 2017.
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