Coughlan backs plan to boost maths intake [Independent.ie]
- Published: 07 April 2010
Education Minister Mary Coughlan today backed a bonus points system for higher Leaving Cert maths to encourage more students to take up the subject at third level.
The Tanaiste told the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) annual conference in Co Clare that more needed to be done to help increase the number of science and maths graduates.
Her predecessor, Batt O'Keeffe, who set up a top level group of experts to review the country's performance in maths, had initially been opposed to the idea.
But Ms Coughlan said there was a need to take steps in the right direction.
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