Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 December 2012
16. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the number of students per country who are currently attending teacher training colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54630/12]
View answerThe number of students currently enrolled in each of the five state funded primary colleges of education are set out in the following table. The statistics are not available centrally by county. Hibernia College is a private provider of initial teacher education and provides a part-time online post graduate course. The College has two intakes per year in October and March. The average number of graduates is 650 per annum.
|
State Funded Primary Initial Teacher Education Providers |
Bachelor of Education Years 1-3 Current Enrollment |
Postgraduate Students commenced February 2012 |
Total |
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|
|
|
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Mary Immaculate College of Education |
1204 |
71 |
1275 |
|
Church of Ireland College of Education |
90 |
0 |
90 |
|
St.Patricks College of Education |
1169 |
74 |
1243 |
|
Froebel College of Education |
191 |
34 |
225 |
|
Marino Institute of Education |
324 |
58 |
382 |
|
|
2978 |
237 |
3215 |
