Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed)
Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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The concern I have regarding a student having the option to do a subject outside of school is that as there is also a student who does not have that option, we are further embedding inequality. Parents have to have access to the resources, to the transport and to the time. There is an additional pressure put on those who are least in a position to be able to meet those additional asks of doing a programme outside the set school hours.