asked the Minister for Education (i) the number of applicants for the first year of full time courses in the year 1987-88 at all regional technical colleges (ii) the number of full time registered students in each of the third level colleges in the year 1987-88 and (iii) the number of registered students to be broken down yearly, i.e. the number of students in (a) first year and (b) second year.
Written Answers. - Third Level College Students.
330.
The relevant information is contained in the following tabular statement. The information in columns 2, 3 and 4 was taken from the educational schemes furnished to the Department by the colleges concerned.
|
Regional Technical College |
No. of applicants for 1st year of full time courses in 1988-89 |
No. of Registered full time Students in 1988-89 |
Full time Registered Students in First Year in 1988-89 |
Full time Registered Students in Second Year in 1988-89 |
|
Athlone |
4,000 |
1,457 |
789 |
428 |
|
Carlow |
4,500 |
1,755 |
1,001 |
527 |
|
Dundalk |
2,610 |
1,330 |
804 |
403 |
|
Galway |
8,044 |
1,895 |
923 |
677 |
|
Letterkenny |
2,202 |
708 |
447 |
232 |
|
Sligo |
3,200 |
1,223 |
630 |
456 |
|
Tralee |
2,318 |
895 |
595 |
279 |
|
Waterford |
6,162 |
2,222 |
1,164 |
757 |
|
Cork |
4,054 |
2,112 |
1,052 |
714 |
|
Total |
37,090 |
13,511 |
7,405 |
4,473 |
This would include many applicants who have applied for places in a number of third-level institutions including Universities and for whom the RTC may or may not be their first choice.