8,000 Donegal school children take part in Maths events

An estimated 8,313 primary and secondary level students from county Donegal took part in a variety of events as part of the world’s largest festival of Maths.

Almost 400,000 peopletook part in Maths Week Ireland events last week making it the biggest Maths Week Ireland to date.

The 13^th annual Maths Week began with Maths in the City at Dublin’s St Stephens Green on October and featured large scale events including Maths in the City Belfast, Munster Maths and Science Fair and the Celebration of Mind at the Botanic Gardens Dublin.

Sheila Donegan, Co-Founder, Maths Week said: “The success of Maths Week 2018 is a great credit to teachers and pupils around the island who organised fantastic events in schools.

“Thanks also to the partners who presented events across the island. It is estimated that almost 2 million people have engaged with Maths Week over the past thirteen years, helping them to have a more positive attitude towards maths.

“This is supporting interest in STEM related careers among our young people and numeracy in society generally.

“The week is a true partnership of people working together for a common aim – a very important aim – to promote mathematics for all. We are already looking forward to next year’s Maths Week in October 2019.”