Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>It was all about students exploring their future options as Minister Simon Harris gave an informative talk on CAO and apprenticeships last week.</h3>
On Thursday, the Minister for Higher Education, accompanied by Kerry TD Brendan Griffin, paid a visit to senior students in St Brendan&#8217;s College to give them some sound advice.
 He was welcomed to the school by Principal Se&aacute;n Coffey, Deputy Principal Bridget Lucey, Board of Management Chairperson Lorna Larkin, and Student Council members Kasper Bogalecki and Ethan Fleming.
 And students had their questions at the ready.
 &#8220;His visit was to speak to Fifth Years about new CAO options he has introduced,&#8221; Principal Se&aacute;n Coffey told the Killarney Advertiser.
 &#8220;He&#8217;s expanding the CAO to include apprenticeships. He&#8217;s trying to broaden the number of courses available. He&#8217;s promoting a change of mindset with apprenticeships in schools. It was a Q&#038;A session and it broadened to Ukraine, single sex education and church ownership of schools,&#8221; he said.
 &#8220;He was really open and forthright with students and he visited our new support centre, the Brendan Centre, for special education classes.&#8221;

Minister focuses on students' future

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