Difficult questions throughout Junior Cert maths paper ‘a fairer way of doing things’

Most Junior Certificate students had the first of two maths papers yesterday afternoon.

Elaine Devlin, Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) junior cycle maths spokeswoman, said one unusual aspect of the first higher-level paper was the arrangement of more difficult questions throughout.

More often, she said, they would be situated at the end of the exam paper, and are very often badly answered.