Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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I have a question for Professor Looney and Dr. Kyne. We had conversations about transition year at our past couple of meetings with secondary school teachers. Are we using transition year in such a way as to encourage people to pursue STEM subjects? We have heard a lot of views from various schools. Some schools just use transition year as another year, and some treat it really seriously. The Department of Education is doing a review on transition year at the moment and will a develop a model as to what has to be done. There is a model already but it may not be policed enough. What are the witnesses' views?