Extra training to be offered to under-qualified maths teachers [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 12 September 2011
Maths teachers in Ireland who are not fully qualified to teach their subject are to be offered extra training to try and boost the standard of results in Ireland.
Figures released by the Teaching Council reveal that, while 30 per cent of educators studied maths for at least one year in college, it was not the main focus of their degree, while 49 individuals out of more than 2,000 surveyed by the organisation held no relevant qualifications at all, the Irish Times reports.
Therefore, the Department of Education is set to announce a new training programme to upskill teachers in the subject in order to improve the poor performance of the nation's students, which saw more than 4,000 Leaving Certificate candidates fail their exams this year.
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