Shane Curley (Fianna Fail)

I threw a lot of stuff at the Minister earlier and she did not have time to come back on everything, which is fair enough. I mentioned AI as a force for good in the classroom, especially at second level. There is a project being rolled out in America called Khanmigo, which involves an AI tool that can basically teach the class, correct all the homework and give good feedback in a timely fashion. It takes a huge amount of stress off teachers, especially of text-heavy subjects like my own, which were Irish and French at second level.

I spent 60% to 70% of my time either planning or correcting as opposed to teaching. It takes an awful lot of your focus away from what you should be doing, which is focusing on how the class will be delivered. The costing of this would be $15 per head per academic year. Is that something that could be rolled out as a pilot project, which the universities could be liaised with about, and maybe even student teachers on their placements?