In Ireland, our situation is very much reflected in this, only that students must study some level of maths up to the Leaving certificate (A-Level). The proble

In Ireland, our situation is very much reflected in this, only that students must study some level of maths up to the Leaving certificate (A-Level). The problem is that there is no real initiative to do higher level maths unless your course requires it. This means that there is a tiny proportion of students who take the higher paper. While most others sit an ordinary level paper, the difference in difficulty between the two is massive, and leads to a lot of people with a below useful level of maths, and universities must really be struggling. Some initiatives have been started to make Maths a worthwhile option, by changing its worth to the overall mark, but the reality is that it is a subject that is largely rejected by the student body due to the fact that there is a "I hate Maths" mentality and the fact that the workload to do well is significantly more than other areas.