Higher maths proposal for teacher training courses

HIGHER Leaving Certificate maths results could be a prerequisite for embarking on teacher training courses, if proposals from the profession’s regulator body are adopted.

The suggestion from the Teaching Council that the entry level maths requirements should be raised is part of a draft policy it has circulated on teacher education.

“The council believes the time is now right for a thorough and fresh look at teacher education so as to ensure that tomorrow’s teachers are competent to meet the challenges that they face and are life-long learners, continually adapting over the course of their careers to enable them to support students’ learning,” says the draft policy on the continuum of teacher education.