Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 October 2004
166 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science to provide the results of the survey of school leavers for each year since 1997, showing the numbers who leave school with no qualifications, those with only the junior certificate and those with the leaving certificate. [23968/04]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statement.
|
Year of survey |
Leavers in school year |
No qualifications |
Junior Certificate |
Leaving Certificate VPT |
Leaving Certificate No VPT |
All leavers |
|
1997 |
95/96 |
2500 — 3.7% |
11,100 — 16.3% |
10,600 — 15.6% |
43,700 — 64.4% |
67,900 |
|
1998 |
96/97 |
2500 — 3.5% |
10,800 — 15.5% |
13,900 — 20% |
42,400 — 61% |
69,500 |
|
1999 |
97/98 |
2300 — 3.2% |
11,100 — 15.3% |
14,400 — 19.8% |
44,900 — 61.8% |
72,700 |
|
2002 |
00/01 |
2240 — 3.1% |
10,120 — 14.2% |
10,380 — 14.6% |
48,510 — 68.1% |
71,250 |
167 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in each year since 1997 who failed to progress from primary to secondary school. [23969/04]
View answerAt present, my Department does not collate data on the number of pupils who do not transfer from primary to second level. The latest information, published in the NESF report on early school leavers, 2002, estimated that between 700 and 1,000 primary school pupils do not make the transition to second level. My Department is working on the development of the first phase of a comprehensive primary pupil database which will facilitate the collation of comprehensive data on transfer rates from primary to second level in the future.
My Department operates a number of programmes which assist primary school students in making the transition to second level. These include the home school community liaison scheme and the school completion programme. I have allocated approximately €40 million to support these programmes in 2004.
