Advanced math is an absolute necessary for leading edge science and engineering. Nations without well educated scientists and engineers will not stay competitiv

Advanced math is an absolute necessary for leading edge science and engineering. Nations without well educated scientists and engineers will not stay competitive for long. Having said that, it is only a small percentage of the population who will be able to learn and understand advanced math. So the question is how to select and educate that percentage without first trying to educate everybody. Splitting children into different groups based on IQ might be the optimum solution but it is never popular in general. So what to do?