asked the Minister for Education the number of national schools in the following categories in each of the years 1972-73, 1973-74 and 1974-75: ordinary, convent, monastery, model, special Irish and special.
Written Answers. - National School Categories.
182.
Following are the details:
Category of school |
1972-73 |
1973-74 |
1974-75 |
Ordinary national schools |
3,208 |
3,099 |
3,001 |
Convent national schools |
421 |
424 |
425 |
Monastery national schools |
148 |
146 |
147 |
Model national schools |
8 |
8 |
8 |
Scoileanna Speisialta Gaelacha* |
14 |
14 |
18 |
Special schools |
80 |
85 |
89 |
Total |
3,879 |
3,776 |
3,688 |
*Model schools which are also special Irish national schools are included in the number of special Irish schools in this table and are not included in the number of model schools.