Mr. Diarmuid Mooney:

Ms Forster has pretty much covered what we have heard on the ground. As part of the early enactment review, we spoke with students who have left post-primary education and are now in third level education about their experience of computer science, having followed that pathway into third level STEM courses. One thing that came back strongly was the fact that the applied nature of the subject was a huge help. What the students were doing the classroom was so hands-on that when they moved into third level it was a seamless transition. They felt that the learning that happened in computer science really set them up for their STEM course at third level. The students and teachers we spoke to mentioned that there was so much alignment between what happened in the classroom, the applied learning tasks and the final examination. As Ms Forster said, it has come through as a real success story, which is good to hear.