Alarm bells as 2,000 fail ordinary maths [herald.ie]
- Published: 14 September 2011
The exam results overall are in line with last year, however concerns have been raised about the high failure rates among students in maths, science and foreign languages.
Less than half of the 65,930 candidates sat higher level maths this year -- meaning it was the least popular exam subject.
Close to 2,000 students (7.5pc) failed ordinary level maths while almost 4pc failed the subject at higher level.
Further pressure has been heaped on Education Minister Ruairi Quinn after a top international think-tank found that our problems in maths begins at primary school level.
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