Today Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the Government’s action plan for education, which will see a number of new subjects being added to the curriculum.  

 

The Taoiseach was joined by Education Minister Richard Bruton and Junior Minister for Skills and Training John Halligan at St Brigid’s National School in the Coombe in Dublin today, where he announced the new additions.

 

Subjects such as Mandarin, coding, politics and even computer science are to be added to the curriculum, with the aim of making Ireland's education system the best in Europe by 2026.  

 

Revealing plans to roll out coding at primary school level, Minister Bruton said: “It is something very practical that equips them with skills for real-world situations.”

 

 

Computer science will be brought into secondary schools, with plans to make it a Leaving Certificate subject; a politics and society syllabus will be brought into schools nationwide by 2018.

 

According to TheJournal.ie, short courses such as philosophy are also being planned for junior level, with the aim of increasing the number of students studying “gateway subjects”.

 

 

“With this plan we want to lead you on a journey of discovery, where you find your gifts, be the person you want to be in the world. A doctor? A teacher? A vet? A business woman? A politician? A writer? A musician?” the Taoiseach said to the kids of St Brigid’s.

 

"We want you to reach your potential. We want you to be a brilliant student or an apprentice. And when you leave school, we want you to get a really good job or think up a really cool invention, or set up your own business."

 

 

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