Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 February 2006

Thursday, 23 February 2006

Ceisteanna (164)

Tony Gregory

Ceist:

160 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in post-leaving certificate courses and in dispersed VTOS in the 2004-05 school year and the 2005/2006 school year. [7603/06]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science (Miss de Valera)

Vocational training opportunity scheme, VTOS, students are organised in either core groups or as dispersed students in post-leaving certificate, PLC, programmes. In the academic year 2004-2005, 28,588 PLC places were approved. This figure includes 1,517 dispersed VTOS students. In the academic year 2005-2006, 30, 188 places were approved. This figure includes 1,605 dispersed VTOS students.