asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of entrants to regional technical colleges and colleges of the Dublin Institute of Technology in the academic year 1980-81 or for the latest year for which statistics are available: (a) total number of entrants, (b) number of students who had (i) less than two honours or equivalent. (ii) two honours or equivalent, (iii) three honours or equivalent, (iv) four honours or equivalent and (v) more than four honours; and (c) the percentage of students who obtained (1) higher education grants, (2) VEC scholarships and (3) EEC Social Fund grants.
Written Answers. - College Entrants Statistics.
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The information requested is not at present available in my Department. I am arranging to obtain such information as may be feasible from the vocational education committees and I shall communicate with the Deputy in regard to the matter in due course.
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asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of students who entered universities through the central applications office in the academic year 1980-81, or the latest year for which figures are available: (a) the total number of entrants, (b) the number of students who had (i) two honours or equivalent, (ii) three honours or equivalent, (iii) four honours or equivalent and (iv) more than four honours or equivalent, and (c) the percentage of students who gained a higher education grant.
The total number of students who entered universities in the academic year 1979-80, the latest year for which information is available, was 5,797. The Central Applications Office does not abstract from its records the numbers of students with various levels of attainment at the Leaving Certificate examination.
Approximately 19 per cent of students who entered universities in 1979-80 were awarded a higher education grant.