Written answers
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Department of Education and Skills
Back to Education Initiative
8:00 pm
Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the back to education initiative; the number of the available 3000 places that were taken up; the number in each county; and the progress and potential for the participants to access work. [24232/12]
Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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The aim of the Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) is to target adults with less than upper second level education in a range of part-time learning opportunities which lead to certification at Levels 1-6 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).
In 2011 there were just over 32,000 BTEI participants, of whom just over 4,100 availed of the 3,000 additional BTEI places provided under the Jobs Initiative. The vast majority (over 3,000) are continuing in BTEI courses. The rest have progressed to other further education provision or into employment.
A county-by-county breakdown of participants in the BTEI under the Jobs Initiative is set out below.
VEC | No. Jobs Initiative participants |
Carlow | 32 |
Cavan | 193 |
Clare | 239 |
Cork City | 20 |
Cork County | 212 |
Donegal | 118 |
Dublin City | 534 |
Dublin County | 312 |
Dun Laoghaire | 39 |
Galway City | 56 |
Galway County | 252 |
Kerry | 315 |
Kildare | 36 |
Kilkenny | 133 |
Laois | 87 |
Leitrim | 72 |
Limerick City | 23 |
Limerick County | 108 |
Longford | 41 |
Louth | 29 |
Mayo | 82 |
Meath | 211 |
Monaghan | 58 |
Offaly | 208 |
Roscommon | 33 |
Sligo | 84 |
Tipperary North | 32 |
Tipperary South | 126 |
Waterford City | 108 |
Waterford County | 77 |
Westmeath | 59 |
Wexford | 117 |
Wicklow | 75 |
Total | 4121 |
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