Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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I have a brief question which one of the witnesses might answer with a brief reply. Are there enough information days or fairs for second-level students in second and third year when they are starting to make up their minds about what they want to do in the future? Personally, I do not think there are nearly enough. There is the young scientist exhibition but there should be something like that, a fair day, to which all of those second- and third-year students could be brought so that they could be let go around and explore. If 30% of them got something out of it, it would be a great achievement and a great success. What are the witnesses' views?