Mr. Ciar?n Duffy:

The junior cycle students who just did their exams last year were the first in mathematics to have done just one paper as they did not have the exam because of Covid. It was one of the last subjects brought in for junior cycle, other than the T4 subjects. If we think about what we are doing, we are taking a 240-hour course and reducing it down to one two-hour or two-and-a-half exam paper at junior cycle. That is actually causing more stress to students.