Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
State Examinations Commission: Engagement with Chair-Designate.
1:00 pm
Mr. Pat Burke:
Yes, languages. All of them are vitally important. The reason for the policy on mathematics was the country's reliance on having a strong STEM base, where mathematics is a key matter. There is an economic dimension to it of course.
The policy view taken was that 25 points would go a long way towards incentivising that, and it has.
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