Science uptake pleases O’Keeffe

JUNIOR CERTIFICATE maths and science grades will provide welcome relief for the government and business as more than 56,000 students receive their results this morning.

Almost four in five higher level maths students got an honours grade (A, B or C), and the proportion taking higher level is up slightly on last year — but still less than half of all candidates. The numbers who failed at higher or ordinary level are down on previous years, following disappointing increases in maths fail rates in Leaving Certificate results last month.

Junior Certificate science exams produced an honours grade for 79.1% of the 33,565 students who took higher level, up slightly on last year.