asked the Minister for Education if he will give—from the latest Returns available—the numbers of students attending the Technical Schools in the Saorstát; if he will also classify the attendances under the following headings, and state the percentage of the total of each:—Introductory, Commerce and Languages, Science (pure and applied), Handicraft, Domestic Economy, Art, and other subjects.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Technical Education—Returns of Attendances.
The answer takes the form of a tabular statement which will be circulated in the Official Report.
Following is the reply:—
The following Table gives the figures required for the Session 1928-29, and also, for the purpose of comparison, those for the Session 1924-25:—
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Session 1928-29. |
Session 1924-25. |
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|
Subject. |
No. of Students. |
Percentage of Total Enrolment. |
No. of Students. |
Percentage of Total Enrolment. |
|
Total number of individual Students |
28,735 |
— |
21,637 |
— |
|
Introductory |
2,497 |
8.2 |
1,757 |
8.1 |
|
Commerce |
7,289 |
23.8 |
8,811 |
40.4 |
|
Languages |
3,669 |
12.0 |
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|
*Science (Pure and Applied) |
6,136 |
20.0 |
3,757 |
17.2 |
|
Handicraft |
1,723 |
5.6 |
1,009 |
4.6 |
|
Domestic Science |
7,998 |
26.1 |
5,354 |
24.6 |
|
Art |
1,150 |
3.8 |
916 |
4.2 |
|
Other subjects |
156 |
0.5 |
204 |
0.9 |
|
†Total Enrolment |
30,618 |
— |
21,808 |
— |
* Under this Section are grouped classes for the various industries, building, printing, furniture, electrical, etc.
† The total enrolment is slightly greater than the total number of students, as some students were enrolled in more than one of the subjects mentioned.
The above figures show the numbers attending technical schools only, and are exclusive of the attendances at classes conducted in rural areas under County Schemes. For the Session 1928-29 these attendances were:
|
Manual Instruction |
5,489 |
|
Domestic Economy |
8,128 |
|
Home Industries |
2,125 |
|
Commerce |
1,443 |
|
Other Subjects |
692 |