Written answers

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Data

Photo of Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which transition year is compulsory. [9786/18]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Transition year programme is available to all second level schools but it is the board of management of each individual school that decides whether to offer the programme and if offered it decides on the number of places available to students on such programmes, depending on available resources. If offered, it also decides whether it is optional or compulsory for its students;

My Department does not have information on which schools have decided to make Transition Year compulsory for all of their students.

Photo of Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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254. To ask 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]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is as follows for 2017/18 school year which is the most recent year for which information is available.

Number of recognised post-primary schools714
Number of schools who returned students enrolled in transition year661
Number of students enrolled in transition year 44,940
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%

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