Employers call for extra points for higher level maths

THE business community has added its voice to calls for extra points for college entry for Leaving Certificate students who take higher level maths and science subjects.

Employers group IBEC backed the appeal from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) to return to a situation whereby higher level maths candidates got bonus points when they applied to college.

Only around 10,000 of this year’s 52,000 Leaving Certificate candidates sat the higher level papers, while the one-in-eight who fail the subject at ordinary level are ineligible for most third-level courses.