asked the Minister for Education if he will state, in respect of each subject in the leaving certificate examination in the years 1966 and 1967, the number of candidates who (a) entered (b) passed and (c) passed with honours.
Written Answers. - Leaving Certificate Examination.
177.
The information sought by the Deputy is contained in the attached tables.
LEAVING CERTIFICATE 1966.
Numbers who took the examination in the various subjects and the numbers who passed and passed with honours.
|
Subject |
Total number examined |
Honours Paper |
Pass Paper |
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|
Number examined |
Number passed with honours |
Number passed without honours |
Number examined |
Number passed |
||
|
Irish |
12,426 |
6,726 |
4,337 |
2,379 |
5,700 |
5,178 |
|
English |
12,471 |
8,232 |
3,305 |
4,814 |
4,239 |
3,663 |
|
Latin |
6,673 |
2,712 |
1,459 |
1,174 |
3,961 |
3,503 |
|
Greek |
410 |
288 |
222 |
63 |
122 |
104 |
|
Hebrew |
9 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
|
French |
5,097 |
2,386 |
1,227 |
1,028 |
2,711 |
2,578 |
|
German |
223 |
142 |
101 |
26 |
81 |
68 |
|
Italian |
93 |
49 |
14 |
27 |
44 |
29 |
|
Spanish |
552 |
238 |
116 |
121 |
314 |
303 |
|
History |
7,796 |
5,126 |
1,776 |
2,726 |
2,670 |
1,923 |
|
Geography |
10,356 |
7,827 |
2,107 |
4,917 |
2,529 |
1,971 |
|
Mathematics |
10,013 |
2,209 |
1,043 |
1,048 |
7,804 |
7,189 |
|
Applied Mathematics |
862 |
505 |
195 |
236 |
357 |
243 |
|
Physics |
2,192 |
1,272 |
535 |
613 |
920 |
722 |
|
Chemistry |
2,094 |
1,299 |
608 |
566 |
795 |
597 |
|
Physics and |
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|
Chemistry |
851 |
676 |
302 |
311 |
175 |
112 |
|
Agricultural Science |
471 |
292 |
51 |
209 |
179 |
57 |
|
General Science |
256 |
176 |
107 |
60 |
80 |
76 |
|
Botany |
987 |
873 |
412 |
403 |
114 |
79 |
|
Physiology and |
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|
Hygiene |
3,557 |
3,107 |
1,178 |
1,762 |
450 |
361 |
|
Domestic Science |
4,084 |
3,894 |
1,936 |
1,936 |
190 |
170 |
|
Art |
626 |
552 |
193 |
331 |
74 |
57 |
|
Drawing |
4,449 |
2,681 |
738 |
1,726 |
1,768 |
1,464 |
|
Music |
95 |
92 |
77 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
|
Commerce |
2,387 |
1,929 |
816 |
1,008 |
458 |
394 |
LEAVING CERTIFICATE 1967.
Numbers who took the examination in the various subjects and the numbers who passed and passed with honours.
|
Subject |
Total number examined |
Honours Paper |
Pass Paper |
|||
|
Number examined |
Number passed with honours |
Number passed without honours |
Number examined |
Number passed |
||
|
Irish |
13,426 |
7,184 |
3,732 |
3,446 |
6,242 |
5,757 |
|
English |
13,490 |
8,478 |
3,698 |
4,670 |
5,012 |
4,500 |
|
Latin |
6,638 |
2,577 |
1,144 |
1,361 |
4,061 |
3,584 |
|
Greek |
309 |
243 |
197 |
44 |
66 |
55 |
|
Hebrew |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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|
French |
5,590 |
2,744 |
1,110 |
1,509 |
2,846 |
2,472 |
|
German |
276 |
165 |
124 |
39 |
111 |
87 |
|
Italian |
84 |
43 |
17 |
18 |
41 |
21 |
|
Spanish |
685 |
299 |
71 |
190 |
386 |
216 |
|
History |
7,591 |
5,057 |
1,916 |
2,706 |
2,534 |
1,881 |
|
Geography |
10,944 |
8,251 |
2,864 |
5,089 |
2,693 |
2,078 |
|
Mathematics |
11,345 |
2,174 |
866 |
1,171 |
9,171 |
6,883 |
|
Applied Mathematics |
882 |
579 |
321 |
199 |
303 |
215 |
|
Physics |
2,339 |
1,419 |
597 |
703 |
920 |
641 |
|
Chemistry |
2,384 |
1,549 |
665 |
770 |
835 |
645 |
|
Physics and |
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|
Chemistry |
938 |
735 |
282 |
379 |
203 |
135 |
|
Agricultural Science |
449 |
284 |
46 |
201 |
165 |
92 |
|
General Science |
269 |
196 |
45 |
119 |
73 |
46 |
|
Botany |
1,121 |
1,019 |
436 |
466 |
102 |
56 |
|
Physiology and |
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|
Hygiene |
3,812 |
3,371 |
1,280 |
1,948 |
441 |
333 |
|
Domestic Science |
4,758 |
4,618 |
1,820 |
2,778 |
140 |
127 |
|
Art |
648 |
584 |
239 |
331 |
64 |
61 |
|
Drawing |
4,764 |
2,913 |
745 |
1,830 |
1,851 |
1,374 |
|
Commerce |
2,938 |
2,340 |
940 |
1,326 |
598 |
519 |
|
Music |
98 |
97 |
77 |
19 |
1 |
1 |