Primary teaching among careers in new degree course pathways outside CAO 'points race'

Nursing, social work, business, ICT, the arts, and public health among new career paths opened up as ministers launch 32 new tertiary bachelor’s degrees

Under the new career pathway, prospective primary teachers will start with a foundation year with Tipperary ETB or Limerick and Clare ETB and proceed on to Mary Immaculate College in Limerick City. Picture: iStock

A new route to becoming a primary school teacher outside of the CAO ‘points race’ is one of the new degree course pathways among more than 30 being launched today, Wednesday.

Higher and further education minister James Lawless will today announce 32 new tertiary bachelor’s degrees open for the upcoming academic year.