Expanded apprenticeship programme to take education 'beyond the walls of the universities'

Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said it was a 'huge job of work' to get the message across that there are many well-paid jobs in the trades

Con O'Sullivan, manager; Education Minister Norma Foley; Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris; and apprentice Catherine Walshe at Kerry College of Further Education and Training,  Monavalley, Tralee. Picture: Don MacMonagle

There is a real need to take education out “beyond the walls of the universities", Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has said, as he announced a new capital programme for apprenticeships and further education training courses.

The expansion of apprenticeships and training programmes will pave the way for an intake of more than 600 people each year.