Focus on science education to forge links with world’s top economies

IRELAND’S new focus on science in our schools augers well for the country and will help forge links with some of the world’s leading economies, maths experts say.

A team from the award-winning Centre for the Advancement of Learning of Maths, Science and Technology (CALMAST) at Waterford Institute of Technology has just returned from South Korea where they represented Europe at a 10-day festival attended by over 200,000 young people.

The other EU representation at the festival came from Germany, Austria, Spain and Estonia who joined CALMAST having been selected by the European Science Events Association (EUSCEA).