Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 February 2018
254. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils currently undertaking transition year; and the proportion of post junior certificate pupils that undertake same. [9787/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy is as follows for 2017/18 school year which is the most recent year for which information is available.
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Number of recognised post-primary schools |
714 |
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Number of schools who returned students enrolled in transition year |
661 |
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Number of students enrolled in transition year |
44,940 |
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Proportion of post Junior Cycle students* that had previously undertaken transition year (* Leaving Certificate/Leaving Certificate Applied/Leaving Certificate Vocational Year 1 students in 2017/18) |
67.2% |
