Students at third level are increasingly unable to cope with courses which require competence in maths and require extra support in order to pass their exams, according to the chair of Government ...

The results will add weight to claims that the GCSE - introduced in 1988 ... In maths O-level, we couldn't use calculators and we hadn't done things like long multiplication for years.

Of the 4,336 students that signed up for the maths exam, only 279 obtained the highest grade. There were also 417 students who did not show up for the exams and were, therefore, awarded an ...