Study: Use engineers to teach maths

TAX breaks should be introduced to help unemployed engineers train as maths teachers and help existing maths teachers upskill, according to a study.

The report on the teaching of maths and science at second level by Engineers Ireland made the suggestion as part of a raft of proposals that it says can raise the standard of maths among secondary school pupils.

The body is just one of many groups that have routinely expressed concern at the low level of students taking the subjects at higher level in the Leaving Certificate.