A new report has been released on the topic.
An Offaly academic believes letting more students take Higher Level Maths for a bonus points has negative knock on effects for college.
Banagher's Dr.Páraic Tracey is from the School of Post-Primary Education at Mary Immaculate Limerick and is one of the authors of a new report on the topic.
The paper found there's nearly an 130% increase in the number of students choosing to sit Higher Level, with most saying the 25 extra points was the reason.
Dr. Treacy says it's lowered the standard of maths at college:
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