If you’d love to help your secondary school children with their maths homework but you’re not too confident about your own ability, help may be at hand.

The Project Maths syllabus designed to improve how the subject is taught at second level is moving in the right direction but there are still challenges, research on its implementation has found.

A group of leading academics has come out against the new Project Maths syllabus, saying it will lead to lower standards.

MATHS has been centre stage lately in such a way that would lead you to believe that it is not just an important factor but an essential skill in gaining employment.