Addressing the Irish Technology Leadership Group summit, Seán Cottrell, director of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), called on the Government to set targets for creating an IT-based curriculum.

“The Government should set targets for the delivery of an IT-based curriculum where the teaching of each subject is mainly delivered by means of technology,” he said.

“It could start by committing to the teaching of a single subject through technology – science or maths, for example – from junior infants through to the Junior Certificate.”

Cottrell noted that we need to examine how science and maths are taught in primary schools, with a new emphasis on the real-life application of textbook learning,

“It may also be time to seriously consider introducing foreign languages in the primary school curriculum, not least since the absence of a second or third language is among the labour market barriers,” he added.

(Source: Irish Independent)