P-Tech: Building a Technology Future Together

P-TECH was first developed in 2011 in Brooklyn, New York, by IBM and local educators. Since that time, P-TECH has grown to more than 200 schools in 24 countries across the world, with more than 600 businesses participating and over 200 college partners.

In 2018, Ireland was the first country in Europe to adopt the model in a pilot with 3 secondary schools in Dublin's North East Inner City, Marino College is proud to be one of the first P-TECH schools in Europe.

This technology programme has been developed with a focus on digital economy jobs. These jobs include some of the technology industry's fastest growing fields, from cybersecurity and cloud computing to cognitive business and digital design, which may not require a university degree, but that may need a specific skill set instead.

P-TECH is a collaboration between second level school, Business Partners and third level partner, NCI, The Department of Education and NEIC. Marino College is very proud to have Irish Water and Virgin Media as our Business Partners.

This exciting programme is the normal second level education programme plus

Third-level learning
Digital learning such as Coding and Robotics
Workplace learning
Mentor workshops
Development of highly relevant workplace skills, such as collaboration, communication and creativity as well as professional and technical skills.