Students urged not to give up on sciences

THE country’s chief science adviser has appealed to students not to abandon science subjects in the wake of last week’s disappointing Leaving Cert results in physics, chemistry, biology and maths.

Dr Barry McSweeney said he feared a negative reaction, not alone from students but also from their parents, to science subjects following publication of the results.

At ordinary-level this year, almost 20% of students failed biology, 12% failed chemistry and maths and 11% failed physics.