A North Clare teacher is calling for science subjects to be given more prominence in the second level curriculum.
It comes as a survey reveals 40% of students opted not to take science based subjects at Leaving Cert level or to choose them as part of their third level courses.
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The research was conducted to mark the launch of the 2018 BT Young Scientists and Technology Exhibition, and also found a third of students said they no have no interest in pursuing a career in the field.
Teacher at Mary Immaculate College Lisdoonvarna John Simms says there’s a huge competition ongoing between various disciplines to attract third level students.
