Steer children to science, parents urged [Independent.ie]
- Published: 30 December 2011
PARENTS have been urged to steer their children away from traditional careers.
Old favourites like medicine, law and teaching should be abandoned in favour of science and technology, according to a leading higher education figure.
About 50,000 Leaving Certificate students are preparing to fill in their CAO application for college entry in September.
And parents have been told to take an active hand in their choices and steer them towards sectors where jobs are available.
With the CAO's February 1 deadline looming, Higher Education Authority chairman John Hennessy last night made a strong intervention to advise parents to persuade their children to consider technology, science and engineering.
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