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)

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent)
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Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe agus gabhaim buíochas leo as a saineolas a roinnt linn. I am grateful to the witnesses for their impressive presentations. I do not know whether to be happy or sad about the fact that Raspberry Pi seems to have moved out of the realm of domestic science and into that of computer science. It appears that virtual reality can only ever be virtual. On that subject, are the witnesses worried that something is lost through the use of the STEM acronym? Are they advocating a STEM-plus way of looking at the world? I see their figures on the number of students getting to do computer science in school are low.