asked the Minister for Education if he will state for a recent year, in respect of each faculty in UCD, UCC, UCG and Trinity College, the failure rate for 1st year students.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - University Failure Rate.
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With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate, for inclusion in the Official Report, a tabular statement giving the information requested by the Deputy.
Following is the statement:
First-year failure rates in each faculty in UCD, UCC, UCG and TCD.
|
Faculty |
UCD |
UCC |
UCG |
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Year: 1967-68 |
Year: 1968-69 |
Year: 1967-68 |
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Number of Candidates |
Failure Rate |
Number of Candidates |
Failure Rate |
Number of Candidates |
Failure Rate |
|
|
Arts |
1,330 |
30% |
422 |
22% |
432 |
29.2% |
|
Social Science |
99 |
9% |
30 |
17% |
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|
Science |
295 |
27% |
98 |
25% |
91 |
34.1% |
|
Commerce |
500 |
40% |
99 |
22% |
59 |
25.4% |
|
Law |
105 |
19% |
19 |
21% |
Courses for LL.B. degree only provided |
|
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Agriculture |
116 |
47% |
33 |
49% |
44 |
29.5% |
|
Engineering |
146 |
21% |
75 |
12% |
37 |
29.7% |
|
Pre-Medical |
232 |
45% |
98 |
21% |
118 |
29.7% |
|
Pre-Dental |
38 |
45% |
25 |
32% |
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Dairy Science |
No Faculty |
19 |
11% |
No Faculty |
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Architecture |
46 |
28% |
No Faculty |
No Faculty |
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|
Veterinary Medicine |
127 |
53% |
No Faculty |
No Faculty |
|
Faculty |
TCD |
|
|
Year: 1967-68 |
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|
Number of Candidates |
Failure Rate |
|
|
Arts |
432 |
18% |
|
Maths. and Engineering |
79 |
24% |
|
Natural Sciences and Agriculture |
128 |
26% |
|
Economic and Social Studies |
164 |
16% |
|
Medicine, Veterinary and |
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Dentistry (Pre-Registration) |
115 |
27% |
May I ask the Minister if this tabular statement includes all the universities?
Yes, it includes UCD, UCG, UCC and TCD.
Could the Minister say if the table deals with separate failure rates for summer and autumn?
It gives the number of candidates and the failure rate.
I would ask the Minister to look at this more closely. I am not aware of the ready availability of figures showing the net failure rate.
The failure rate in respect of each college indicates the percentage of candidates who were not successful in either the summer or autumn examinations.
Good.