Saint Mary's Parish Primary School (Drogheda), Aston Village (Drogheda) and Scoil na gCailíní (Castleblayney) have been chosen by the Department of Education, from hundreds of applications, to participate in the School Excellence Fund – STEM as part of the Government’s overall strategy to embed digital technology in teaching and learning. Saint Mary's Parish Primary School are leading this project for their cluster to form North East STEM Champions.

The project purpose is to demonstrate the innovative use of digital technologies in teaching, learning and assessment, through clusters of schools collaborating on specific projects.

The Minister announced that at least 30 schools in 10 clusters have been chosen and each cluster will receive up to €20,000 funding over the course of the programme.