Maths teachers 'not fully qualified' in subject [Independent.ie]
- Published: 10 June 2010
ALMOST 2,000 maths teachers are not fully qualified to teach the subject, new figures reveal.
The disclosure came as 116,000 students began the Junior and Leaving Cert exams yesterday, with initial reaction to the opening English papers in both tests being generally favourable.
Tomorrow, the students turn their attention to maths, which is the subject of yet another report prepared by a group of experts.
In it, they express serious concern over the huge numbers of maths teachers who did not take maths as a major subject for their degree.
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