One-third of people teaching maths not qualified to do so

ONE-THIRD of people teaching maths at second level schools are not fully qualified to do so, but schools fear the situation could get worse instead of improving.

The final results of a survey by the Teaching Council show that 84 teachers who take maths classes at the 422 schools that responded have no third level qualification or other studies in the subject. They make up 2.5% of the 3,311 teachers of maths at the schools.

Two-thirds of them (just under 2,200) are fully qualified with either a qualification in maths or having studied it as one of their major degree subjects.