Gary Gannon
Ceist:285. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of early school leavers in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and the latest data available for 2022, by county. [4209/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 27 January 2022
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Freagraí scríofa
Estimates of Early School Leavers (ESL) are arrived at by subtracting the number of students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2019 or received a calculated grade in 2020 from the number of pupils who entered first year in the 2014-15 school year. The entry cohort is adjusted for recorded emigration, deceased students and students who repeat based on six years of academic year data.
The ESL for 2021 will be calculated as part of the 2015 Retention Report, using the 2015-16 entry cohort and students who sat the LC or received a calculated grade in 2020 or 2021, and will be published in the third quarter of 2022.