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= Project Maths = Project Maths was a series of curriculum reforms in Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate mathematics in Ireland between 2010 and 2015. The aims of Project Maths were to make mathematics more accessible to students by increasing the level of practical applications and decreasing the level of theoretical content.

The new curriculum is divided into five strands at all levels for both Junior and Senior Cycle:


 * Strand 1: Statistics and Probability
 * Strand 2: Geometry and Trigonometry
 * Strand 3: Number
 * Strand 4: Algebra
 * Strand 5: Functions

Timeline
In 2008, a total of 24 pilot schools were selected to be the first set of students to sit the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams using the Project Maths syllabus. This syllabus initially saw changes to paper 2 only. The Leaving Certificate students of these pilot schools sat the paper 1 exam in 2010 as normal, but the Project Maths paper 2. Similarly

Phase 1
In 2008, a total of 24 pilot schools were selected to be the first set of students to sit the Junior and Leaving Certificate mathematics exams using the Project Maths syllabi. Phase 1 saw changes occurring to paper 2 only (Strands 1 and 2), while paper 1 (Strands 3 to 5) remained the same as the 1994 syllabus. In 2010, the Leaving Certificate students of these pilot schools sat the first set of Project Maths based exams, while the Junior Cycle students sat these exams in 2011.

Phase 2
After Phase 1 was completed, each syllabus for paper 2 was revised following reviews of student performance in each set of exams. Phase 2 of Project Maths saw the extension of Phase 1 to all secondary schools across Ireland.