Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have graduated as a post-primary school teacher in each of the teacher training colleges in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and the number of students who have entered each of the colleges in each of these years. [23913/11]

Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have graduated as a primary school teacher from each of the teacher training colleges in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and to date in 2011; and the number of students who have entered each of the colleges in each of these years. [23914/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 and 212 together.

The five state funded Colleges of Education offer the Bachelor of Education for primary teaching and four of the Colleges offer an 18 month post graduate primary education course. Hibernia College, a private provider, also offers a postgraduate course. There are 15 providers of Post Primary initial teacher education courses. Students follow one of two models of initial teacher education: a concurrent (three or four year degree course) or a consecutive model (a Bachelor degree and a one-year Higher Diploma in Education). Students following the concurrent route enter through the CAO and students following the consecutive model enter under the Post Graduate Applications Centre or apply directly to the provider.

My Department does not hold the detailed data for post primary entrants which the Deputy has requested. The following table sets out the data on entrants and graduates for the primary initial teacher education providers and graduates registered with the Teaching Council for post primary from 2007-2010 as well as estimated graduates for 2011.