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Rising numbers of men are signing up to become primary school teachers, official figures show.

But the data, published by the Teaching Agency, also shows there has been a fall in the number of trainee maths teachers.

One in five of those on primary teacher training courses this year were male - about 4,100 men in total, according to the latest figures.

Two years ago, about 18% were men (3,470 in total), the data shows.