Uptake of higher level mathematics still rising

Another rise in numbers taking higher level Junior Certificate maths has been welcomed, as just over 60,000 students await their results today.

With the rollout of the Project Maths syllabus to every school almost complete, all except 23 schools (which piloted it ahead of the rest of the country) were examined on four of the five strands this year.

The 54% who did higher level maths is up from 52% a year ago, and from just under half of all students in 2012.