Minister of State for Research and Innovation publishes Maths Teaching Survey results [education.ie]
- Published: 29 September 2011
Minister of State for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, today published the final results of the Maths Teaching Survey carried out by the Teaching Council.
The Minister noted the results of the survey which shows that out of a total of 3,311 teachers teaching maths in 422 schools, 2,198 teachers (66.4%) are fully qualified[1] to do so, 1,029 teachers (31.1%) have undergone some studies in maths[2] and only 84 (2.5%) have no third level qualifications/studies in maths.
Commenting on the survey, Minister Sherlock said: "I want to thank schools for taking the time to complete the survey as it provides us with valuable information on what the current situation is in these schools. As I have already said I want to get to a situation where all teachers of maths have a maths qualification and the training programme I announced on 12th September will help to achieve that."
The new training programme for maths teachers, announced on the 12th September, forms part of the Government's overall strategy to improve the teaching and learning of maths in schools. It will provide unqualified maths teachers with the opportunity to upskill their knowledge of mathematics and study the strategies best suited to the new Project Maths syllabuses.
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