Average performance won't add up for smart economy [Independent.ie]
- Published: 17 February 2010
IF studying a subject makes you proficient in it, then Ireland should have one of the most mathematically literate populations in Europe, if not the world.
The reasoning is simple.
Even though it's not compulsory, more students take maths in their Leaving Cert than any other subject. Last year 52,000 students (95.8pc of the total) sat the maths exam, nearly 1,000 more than the next most popular subject, English.
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