asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of the year 1958-59 (a) the average number of weeks of attendance, the average number of hours of attendance per week, and the total average attendance hours of a full-time vocational school pupil, (b) the average cost per attendance hour per vocational pupil, and (c) the estimated cost to the State and the local authority of a full-time vocational pupil on the basis of (a) and (b).
Written Answers. - Vocational School Pupils.
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The following are the particulars requested, in so far as they are available:
SCHOOL YEAR 1958-59
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(a) For full-time pupils of vocational schools: |
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(i) The duration of the course of instruction was, approximately |
40 weeks |
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(ii) The figure of average number of attendance hours per week per student is not available, but the full-time courses varied, according to circumstances from |
20 to 30 hours |
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(iii) The average attendance per pupil for the entire course was |
730 hours |
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(b) The average cost per attendance hour for all vocational school pupils was |
s.d.1 10 |
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(c) The figures at (a) above relate to full-time pupils; that at (b) relates to all pupils, full-time and part-time. It is not possible to make a breakdown of costs as between full-time and part-time pupils in vocational schools, and the estimates requested in this part of the question cannot therefore be supplied. |