140 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students taking physics and chemistry for the leaving certificate for each of the past years from 1990 to 2000. [26465/00]
Written Answers. - State Examinations.
The data requested by the Deputy are shown in the following tables:
School Year |
Total No. of Students in theL.C. Programme |
Physics |
Chemistry |
Physics and Chemistry |
1990/1991 |
114,246 |
23,365 |
15,988 |
3,719 |
1991/1992 |
115,569 |
22,794 |
16,967 |
3,803 |
1992/1993 |
119,497 |
23,834 |
16,385 |
3,741 |
1993/1994 |
124,185 |
23,830 |
17,763 |
3,490 |
1994/1995 |
118,415 |
21,727 |
17,031 |
3,106 |
1995/1996 |
119,008 |
20,020 |
15,688 |
2,855 |
1996/1997 |
123,973 |
20,362 |
15,247 |
2,706 |
1997/1998 |
123,956 |
19,671 |
14,291 |
2,696 |
1998/1999 |
121,160 |
18,545 |
13,637 |
2,348 |
1999/2000 |
115,996 |
17,821 |
13,228 |
2,135 |
Year |
Total No. of Candidates* |
Physics |
Chemistry |
Physics and Chemistry |
1990 |
55,146 |
10,515 |
8,706 |
1,823 |
1991 |
55,641 |
10,711 |
8,163 |
1,639 |
1992 |
55,179 |
11,024 |
7,541 |
1,734 |
1993 |
57,230 |
11,074 |
7,511 |
1,590 |
1994 |
64,034 |
11,233 |
7,952 |
1,644 |
1995 |
66,305 |
11,091 |
8,462 |
1,531 |
1996 |
59,176 |
9,193 |
7,316 |
1,238 |
1997 |
63,234 |
9,223 |
6,970 |
1,223 |
1998 |
64,155 |
9,659 |
7,325 |
1,240 |
1999 |
62,844 |
9,112 |
6,963 |
1,370 |
2000 |
60,737 |
8,588 |
6,710 |
1,053 |