Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A lot of primary schools students, when they go into secondary school, have almost convinced themselves that they are not good at maths. Are there opportunities, in Mr. Crone's experience, for them to convince themselves that they are good at maths or recover? Can they recover from their lack of knowledge of maths when they go into secondary school? I ask these questions because such students often fall behind. I confess that I always struggled with maths because I had convinced myself that I was not good at it and I had to work extremely hard on maths to get over the line. Maths is a very difficult subject to get your head around and if you do not get additional help or support then it is very difficult.