Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 December 2005
108 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of male leaving certificate students who achieved an honours grade in the higher level Irish examination in leaving certificate 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39540/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraA total of 55,222 candidates participated in the established leaving certificate examination in 2004.
Of this number, some 14,878 candidates sat the leaving certificate Gaeilge examination at higher level. This represented just over 30% of the total cohort of 48,962 candidates taking the Gaeilge examination that year.
Gaeilge is offered at three levels in the leaving certificate, namely, foundation level, ordinary level and higher level. Of the 14,878 candidates who took the exam at higher level, 4,932 were male and 9,946 were female. A total of 3,919 of the male candidates attained a grade C3 or higher in the exam. This represented 79% of the total male cohort who sat the higher level exam. The equivalent honours rate for the female candidates was 85%.
