Billy Timmins
Question:397 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Science the number and percentage of students who left the education system on completion of the junior certificate in each of the years from 1995 to 1999. [25201/99]
Written Answers. - School Leavers Survey.
Data from the annual ESRI school leavers survey show the following:–
Table 1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Year of Survey |
Leavers in school year |
Leavers with no qualifications |
Leavers withGroup/Junior Cert but no Leaving Cert |
All Leavers |
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1994 |
92/93 |
3,300 4.9% |
10,700 15.8% |
67,500 |
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1995 |
93/94 |
2,200 3.3% |
10,000 14.8% |
67,500 |
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1996 |
94/95 |
2,700 4% |
10,400 15.2% |
68,500 |
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1997 |
95/96 |
2,200 3.2% |
10,800 15.7% |
68,900 |
The report of the 1998 survey is currently being finalised, and the field work for the 1999 survey has begun. An analysis of information from the post-pri mary schools database in respect of second level schools, and excluding external candidates from other centres, shows the following:–
Table 2
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2 |
3 |
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Year of examination |
No who sat Junior Certificate |
Number of leavers (i.e who did not appear on database the following year) |
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1995199619971998 |
66,69166,74065,43964,189 |
25033.75%2,5073.76%2,5223.85%2,7894.34% |
The data in table 2, column 3 represents the proportion of leavers who sat the junior certificate and left school immediately afterwards. However, it will be seen from table 1, column 4 that a considerable number of pupils also begin senior cycle but leave school without completing it.
The analysis of leavers after the 1999 junior certificate examination will not be possible until all the returns from schools for the 1999-2000 year have been fully updated. This is under way at present.