Colleges set precedent for foundation-level maths
As third-level admissions staff and Central Applications Office (CAO) officials gather to decide cut-off points for around 38,000 college places to be offered on Monday, the institutes (IoTs) hit back at suggestions from Education Minister Mary Hanafin that they were excluding those with foundation level maths from most courses.
The Council of Directors of the Institutes of Technology said at least 10 of its 13 members have decided in recent months to accept applicants with an A or B grade at that level for entry to most of their programmes. Of this year’s 5,104 foundation level candidates, 1,965 achieved that mark.
