Irish students are falling behind, forcing companies to look abroad for staff. But a new approach could change that, writes University of Limerick founder Ed Walsh.
Ed Walsh’s opening comments:
The startling rate at which the Irish school system is falling behind was highlighted in last December’s OECD’s PISA report:
• In a decade reading levels in Ireland have dropped from 5th to 17th.
• 23 per cent of male teenagers are functionally illiterate.
• In only three years Ireland’s math ranking has dropped from 16th to 26th place.
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