A number of colleges run 'second-chance' maths exams to give students who did not achieve the necessary grade in the subject another opportunity to meet the entry requirement for their chosen course.

We’re edging closer to the Leaving Cert results next week, but one Irish university – NUI Galway – is giving students who have applied for engineering and IT degree courses there a second chance to ...

A number of third-level colleges offer students another chance to achieve the required maths grade for entry to CAO courses. The exams take place this week and may lead to an offer of a place in a ...

With strict entry requirements setting out minimum grades in higher level maths for a range of courses, efforts have been made over a number of years to facilitate those who fall short of the standard ...

Intending students are being given a second chance to sit their maths exam at the University of Limerick. The Faculty of Science and Engineering at UL will be offering a special maths entrance exam to ...

MATHS DOES NOT inspire Irish students. Year after year, grades are less than satisfactory. In 2008 nearly 5,000 students failed ordinary or foundation level maths and only 20 per cent took it at ...

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What are the options now available for the 5,000 Leaving Cert students who failed ordinary level maths? The big issue on The Irish TimesHelpline over the past two days has been the failure rate in ...

A little boy given a 10 per cent chance of survival defied the odds - and is now "a genius" who outsmarts his teachers and helps his mum budget. Jamie Mohr defied the odds when he was born weighing ...

Here are a few of the words that we use when talking about the chance of something happening: Certain: Something is definitely going to happen. e.g. It's certain the sun will set tonight. Likely: ...