The resistance of most third-level colleges to recognise foundation level maths is a major disincentive to students taking up the subject, a committee on education was told yesterday. Introduced in ...

Students unable for ordinary level 'must be encouraged' IT was 'Groundhog Day' yesterday with concerns voiced once again over high failure rates in ordinary level maths and the sciences. But Education ...

Q What about Foundation Level Maths in other universities? A Many colleges, particularly in the university sector, will accept Foundation Level Maths as a subject to satisfy minimum entry requirements ...

Many students who take higher-level maths in the Leaving Cert still lack a basic understanding of arithmetic, algebra and geometry, college lecturers have told an advisory group to the Department of ...

In June 2017, students in England sat the new 9-1 maths GCSE papers for the first time. The change was more than a simple altering of grades from the previous A* – G to 9 – 1. Many topics were moved ...