Call for guaranteed algebra question on Junior Cert exam

Curriculum and exam setters must ensure a vital skill is not further weakened by guaranteeing that a full algebra question will be asked in a shortened Junior Certificate final exam, the chairman of the Irish Maths Teachers Association has urged.

Call for guaranteed algebra question on Junior Cert exam

The first examination of a revised junior cycle maths curriculum, being taught to incoming first-year students from this autumn, will take place in June 2021.

As has already happened with English, two maths papers will be replaced with a single two-hour paper under junior cycle reforms.

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