Pupils at a secondary school in Ireland have begun an innovative programme of learning which involves being educated through computers.

First-year students in St Bricin's in County Cavan were given laptops on their first day of term, with the intention of having their secondary school education being given through the screens.

Speaking to the Irish Independent, acting principal Niall McGee stated that the scheme will make the students the most employable of their year when they finish school.

He said: "They get most of their information from the internet now and we're very foolish to think that we can engage them with chalk and a blackboard."

Mr McGee added that this will give them "transferable skills", as well as be able to "search, organise and analyse" information via their computers.

This is not the first thing to put traditional education methods and school curriculum under question this week after Labour Party leaders called for Physical Education to be one of the Leaving Certificate subjects.

Written by Donal Walsh

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