asked the Minister for Education the number of (a) voluntary secondary schools, (b) vocational schools and (c) community/comprehensive schools which: (1) applied to his Department for permission to offer transition year option in 1986-87; (2) were sanctioned by the Department for the TYO; (3) were refused permission by his Department to have the TYO; and the reason the schools concerned were refused sanction for the transition year programme.
Written Answers. - School Transition Year Programmes.
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The information required is as follows:
|
No. of applications |
No. approved |
|
|
Secondary |
164 |
88 |
|
Vocational |
17 |
7 |
|
Community/Comprehensive |
20 |
16 |
|
Total |
201 |
111 |
A total of 90 schools were informed that their applications for 1986-87 were not successful but that they could be looked at again in relation to 1987-88 if they so desired.
Section 22 of the document "Ages for Learning — Decisions of Government, May 1985" stated that "development will only occur on a phased basis and will be controlled to do so". The schools approved of for transition year programmes for 1986-87 were selected as being the most suitable on the basis of a list of criteria ranging from the quality of the proposed programmes to the need for geographical diversity.