Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

Project Maths is not a hope. It will be a reality. Project Maths will encourage a far greater understanding and will certainly reinforce the practical relevance of mathematics to everyday life. It will ensure a better continuity between the primary curriculum and the second level one. The initiative commenced in 2008. As we speak it is being piloted in 24 schools. The curriculum changes will be phased in over three years. Mainstreaming will begin in 2010 in all schools prefaced by a national programme of professional development for teachers which has begun in 2009.

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