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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 June 2005

Tuesday, 28 June 2005

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Richard Bruton

Ceist:

732 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the results of the survey of school leavers for 2003 and 2004, showing the numbers who leave school with no qualifications, those with the junior certificate and those with the leaving certificate. [22509/05]

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Information on school leavers, classified by the level of education at which they left school, is set out in the attached tabular statement.

Data from the more recent 2004 survey of school leavers conducted by the ESRI is currently being coded and recorded in electronic format. Analysis of the data will commence thereafter. It is understood that the report on the survey results should be available in autumn 2005.

Year of survey

Leavers in school year

No qualifications

Junior Certificate

Leaving Certificate VPT *

Leaving Certificate No VPT *

All Leavers

1997

95/96

2,5003.7%

11,10016.3%

10,60015.6%

43,70064.4%

67,900

1998

96/97

2,5003.5%

10,80015.5%

13,90020%

42,40061%

69,500

1999

97/98

2,3003.2%

11,10015.3%

14,40019.8%

44,90061.8%

72,700

2002

00/01

2,2403.1%

10,12014.2%

10,38014.6%

48,51068.1%

71,250

*The acronym VPT denotes vocational preparation and training.

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