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Vocational Education Committees.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 November 2004

Tuesday, 9 November 2004

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Olivia Mitchell

Ceist:

344 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science when the current cap on numbers permitted in post leaving certificate colleges and schools will be lifted; and the reasoning behind the imposition of this ceiling. [27988/04]

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Freagraí scríofa

The post leaving certificate programme is a labour market programme aimed at providing vocational education and training for school leavers and re-entrants to the labour market. The programme also offers alternative pathways to higher education. The allocation of places on post leaving certificate courses has always been subject to an approval process. Vocational education committees and individual schools and colleges outside the VEC system have been given an allocation of post leaving certificate places for 2004-05 equivalent to their 2003-04 allocation except where the application by an individual school or college was for a lesser number. Nationally, a total of 28,588 places have been approved for post leaving certificate courses for 2004-05.

This level of provision is considered by my Department to be consistent with the requirements of persons eligible to participate on these programmes.

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