Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion
Ms Fiona O'Byrne:
We can look at including that. The Higher Education Authority, HEA, publishes non-progression data every year for the number of students who begin first year and do not continue into second year. That is published on the HEA website. The trend we have seen over the past decade is a gradual decrease in that rate from approximately 16% to approximately 12%. In the year of Covid-19, the rate was lower again, which was a bit of an anomaly and links to other opportunities that were there for students. That is something the HEA publishes on an annual basis. We can have a look at whether that statistic belongs in this report.
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