Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 11 Feb 1976

Vol. 287 No. 10

Written Answers. - Certificate Examination Candidates.

66.

Mr. Wyse

asked the Minister for Education the approximate number of pupils who will be sitting for (a) the leaving certificate examination and (b) the intermediate certificate examination this year.

Minister for Education (Mr. Richard Burke):

The numbers of school pupils who have been entered for the leaving certificate and intermediate certificate examinations in 1976 are as follows:

Leaving certificate 33,207; Intermediate certificate 48,538.