Department publishes review addressing gender balance in STEM education 

Laura Kongsuwan, transition year student, Our Lady's School, Terenure, Dublin, at the I Wish 2022 STEM Showcase, which was broadcast live from the RDS to over 17,000 female students globally. Picture: Naoise Culhane 

The availability of post-primary subjects should be studied to understand where barriers are preventing students' access to specific subjects, a review looking at gender balance in STEM education has found.

The recommendation is one of 16 published today by the Department of Education’s Gender Balance in STEM Advisory Group, which was tasked with examining ways to address disadvantage and under-representation when it comes to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects.