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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 Nov 2000

Vol. 526 No. 3

Written Answers. - State Examinations.

Question:

140 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students taking physics and chemistry for the leaving certificate for each of the past years from 1990 to 2000. [26465/00]

The data requested by the Deputy are shown in the following tables:

Number of students taking Physics, Chemistry and Physics and Chemistry as subjects in the Leaving Certificate Programme.

School Year

Total No. of Students in theL.C. Programme

Physics

Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

1990/1991

114,246

23,365

15,988

3,719

1991/1992

115,569

22,794

16,967

3,803

1992/1993

119,497

23,834

16,385

3,741

1993/1994

124,185

23,830

17,763

3,490

1994/1995

118,415

21,727

17,031

3,106

1995/1996

119,008

20,020

15,688

2,855

1996/1997

123,973

20,362

15,247

2,706

1997/1998

123,956

19,671

14,291

2,696

1998/1999

121,160

18,545

13,637

2,348

1999/2000

115,996

17,821

13,228

2,135

Note: The above figures relate to all students (5th + 6th years) taking these subjects in the L.C. programme.
Number of students who took Physics, Chemistry and Physics and Chemistry in the Leaving Certificate Examination

Year

Total No. of Candidates*

Physics

Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

1990

55,146

10,515

8,706

1,823

1991

55,641

10,711

8,163

1,639

1992

55,179

11,024

7,541

1,734

1993

57,230

11,074

7,511

1,590

1994

64,034

11,233

7,952

1,644

1995

66,305

11,091

8,462

1,531

1996

59,176

9,193

7,316

1,238

1997

63,234

9,223

6,970

1,223

1998

64,155

9,659

7,325

1,240

1999

62,844

9,112

6,963

1,370

2000

60,737

8,588

6,710

1,053

*School candidates, Repeat candidates, External candidates and VTOS candidates are included in the figure shown for total number of candidates.
(VTOS refers to participants in the Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme.)
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