Published: 17 August 2011

Poor maths and science trend continues in exam results

The trend of worryingly poor maths and science results has continued in this year's Leaving Certificate as 57,500 students receive their exam results today.

Large numbers have performed below par in the two fields, with more than 4,500 pupils failing maths and just 16pc of pupils sitting the higher level paper, automatically excluding themselves from many third-level courses linked to the subject.

Full Story: www.independent.ie