asked the Minister for Education if he can state the average percentage of school attendance at elementary schools in the Saorstát for the month of November, 1925, or, if figures showing this are not readily available, if he will state the attendance percentage for that month for one typical rural school in each of the following counties, viz., Wexford, Limerick, Mayo and Cavan.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
The figures of average percentage of school attendance at elementary schools in the Saorstát for the month of November, 1925, are not readily available. The selection of a typical rural school presents some difficulty, and figures for individual schools are liable to be misleading as comparative statistics. It may serve the purpose aimed at in the question to give for the counties named the last figures available, viz., those for the year ended 31st December, 1924.
|
County |
Average No. of pupils on Rolls. |
Average No. of pupils in attendance. |
Percentage of No. in attendance to No. on Rolls. |
|
Wexford |
13,812 |
9,721 |
70.4 |
|
Limerick |
18,379 |
13,653 |
74.3 |
|
(excluding City) |
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|
Mayo |
34,516 |
23,564 |
68.3 |
|
Cavan |
14,530 |
9,877 |
68. |