Jimmy Deenihan
Question:166 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Education the number of male students who sat engineering as a subject in the leaving certificate for each of the years since 1980.
Written Answers. - Engineering/Metalwork Student Numbers.
Jimmy Deenihan
Question:167 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Education the number of female students who sat engineering as a subject for the leaving certificate for each of the years since 1980.
Jimmy Deenihan
Question:168 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Education if he will make a statement on the number of male students who sat metalwork as a subject for the leaving certificate for each of the years since 1980.
Jimmy Deenihan
Question:169 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Education if he will make a statement on the number of female students who sat metalwork as a subject for the leaving certificate for each of the years since 1980.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 to 169, inclusive, together.
In the period since 1980 statistics on a sex differential basis are available for 1980, 1983, 1989, 1990 and 1991 only.
Statistics covering leaving certificate engineering for those years are given below.
Numbers who sat Leaving Cert. Engineering
|
1980 |
1983 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
|
|
Boys |
1,403 |
2,253 |
3,296 |
3,577 |
4,001 |
|
Girls |
1 |
8 |
57 |
81 |
97 |
There is no subject metalwork at the leaving certificate level.