Education reforms needed in schools to bridge Ireland's digital-skills gap

Fundamental reforms are needed in education if the digital-skills gap in Irish society is to be bridged.

The call comes as a report reveals that 60% of schools that participated in a Google-funded programme had little access to the technology needed to make an impact in their school.

The report assessed the impact of the first year of the three-year Trinity Access 21 (TA21) programme, which aims to train teachers to teach computer science, and related topics, through a collaborative learning model.