Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 8 Nov 1995

Vol. 457 No. 8

Written Answers. - Graduate Statistics.

David Andrews

Ceist:

41 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education the number of male and female graduates from the colleges of education in each of the years from 1990 to 1995; the number of male and female students who applied in each of these years; and the number who entered the colleges for their first year in each of these years. [16091/95]

Minister for Education (Ms Bhreathnach)

The information requested by the Deputy in regard to the number who (a) entered and (b) graduated from the colleges of education for primary teachers is set out in the following table.

Information regarding the number of male and female students who applied for admission to these colleges in 1990 is also included in the table. The information for the years after 1990 is not available in my Department's records.

Colleges of Education for Primary Teachers.

Year	Number of Applicants	Number of Entrants	Number of Graduates
Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
1990	161	971	17	252	95	442
1991	NA*	N/A*	36	234	38	214
1992	N/A**	N/A**	38	273	34	241
1993	N/A**	N/A**	71	358	28	266
1994	N/A**	N/A**	49	407	26	229
1995	N/A**	N/A**	84	558	29	262

* N/A: not available from Department's Records.

** N/A: not available from CAO who took over the running of this competition in 1992.

Including an intake of 18 males and 162 females on a post-graduate course running from January 1995 to June 1996.