Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, STEM, in Irish Education: Discussion
1:35 am
Mr. John Curtis:
Computer studies is coming in now as a subject for senior cycle and we are finding it is certainly proving very popular. It is a good subject for girls and boys. That will be an issue for us, but it is not the only area where we have those pinch points with the numbers. I am aware work is ongoing on setting up the courses at third level. You need to have the resources to set up the course, including the equipment, etc. You cannot just suddenly decide you are going to run a computer studies degree in the University of Galway tomorrow.
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