asked the Minister for Education the latest information in respect of school running costs in the form given in a reply of 19th March, 1969.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - School Running Costs.
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The information sought by the Deputy in so far as it is available to me is given in the form of a tabular statement which with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
1. Average annual cost per whole-time student borne on public funds 1968/69
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
(a) Comprehensive schools |
101 |
12 |
11 |
|
(b) Secondary schools |
83 |
3 |
8 |
|
(c) Vocational schools |
106 |
18 |
2 |
|
(Estimate) |
|||
|
(d) National schools |
45 |
8 |
5 |
2. Number of pupils in school year 1968/69
|
(a) Comprehensive schools |
1,306 |
|
(b) Secondary schools |
133,591 |
|
(c) Vocational schools—whole-time students |
49,000 (Estimate) |
|
(d) National schools—average |
|
|
enrolment |
494,928 |
N.B. Costs for the various categories of school are met as follows:—
(a) Comprehensive schools: Entirely from State funds.
(b) Secondary schools: Partly from State funds and partly from private sources.
(c) Vocational schools: Entirely from public funds—partly from Central Government and partly from the local authorities.
(d) National schools: Mainly from State funds but some expenditure is borne by the school managers.
The costs shown above relate only to expenditure from public funds—no information is available in my Department as to the amount of money from private sources expended by the school managers in the case of national and secondary schools.