Education system ‘needs to foster passion for science’

QUESTIONS about the ability of the education system to foster a passion for science were raised at a Communicating Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (STEM) conference, this week.

More than 70 delegates attended the fifth annual conference to address the declining numbers of students taking up undergraduate programmes in science and technology despite the growing job opportunities in the sector.

In Ireland, more than 1,650 jobs have been created by the computer and technology sector since the beginning of this year.