Ms Edel Doherty:

Many STEM subjects, particularly maths, chemistry and physics, are very visual by their nature.

A lot of our students are having difficulty with maths in particular. Ms O'Dwyer referred to how they may not be getting additional support, where they are having difficulty, due to that visual nature. Their career choices are limited from the point where they make their choices for senior cycle in transition year. Alternatively, they may be dropping a level because they do not have that support. They might be dropping to foundation level maths, which straight away is going to reduce their access.