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Pupils and Students

Department/Agency

Department of Education and Skills

Key information

Number of pupils at primary and second level, by age, sex, county, school level, school type, subject taught, examination level; classifications by class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios; retention rate; details of education through the Irish language, and on special schools for young offenders; third-level students enrolled by age, sex, county or country of origin, and type of institution; statistics on student grants, scholarships and expenditure funding.


A Methods and Quality Report is available for this statistic.

Links

Links to web pages that lead to the statistics:

Contact

statistics@education.gov.ie

Source

Department of Education and Skills administrative records and censuses, and information supplied by the HEA and the CSO.

Scope

All pupils and students attending schools and third-level colleges aided by the Department of Education and Skills. Estimates of participation in full time education includes non-aided schools and colleges.

Frequency

Annual

Reference period

Academic Year

Start date

Generally 2000 with some statistics varying.

Timeliness

Varies by statistic

Classifications

  • Education programme level
    Classified according to ISCED (The International Standard Classification of Education) as well as by traditional national categories. The ISCED levels are 0 - Pre-Primary; 1 - Primary; 2 - Lower Secondary Education); 3 - Upper Secondary; 4 - Post-Secondary, Non Tertiary; 5 - First Stages of Tertiary; 6 - Second Stage of Tertiary.
  • Age (primary and secondary)
    3-5 years; 6 to 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21+ years.
  • Age (third level)
    16 years; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25+ years.
  • School/college type
    National schools (Pupils in ordinary classes; Pupils in special schools; Pupils with special needs in ordinary national schools); Non-Aided primary schools; Junior cycle (Secondary; Community and comprehensive; Vocational); Senior cycle (Secondary; Community and comprehensive; Vocational); VPT (Secondary; Community and comprehensive; Vocational); Non-aided commercial; HEA institutions; Teacher training (Primary; Home economic colleges); Technological colleges (Institutes of technology; Killybegs and Tipperary Institute); Religious Institutions; Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
  • Class size
    0-9 pupils; 10-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30-34; 35-39; 40+ pupils.
  • Third level institutions
    HEA institutions; Teacher training colleges (Primary; Home economics); Technological colleges (Institutes of technology; Killybegs HTC and Tipperary Institute); Other aided institutions); Aided by other Departments; Non-aided (Religious institutions; Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; Other).
  • Expenditure
    First level; Second level; Third level; Departmental pay and other overheads; Salaries and superannuation; Grants and services; School transport; Student support; Capital expenditure.
  • Examinations candidates
    Junior certificate candidates; VTOS candidates; Leaving certificate candidates; Leaving certificate repeats; Leaving certificate applied; External candidates; VTOS/PLC candidates.
  • Aid category
    Directly aided; Vocational Education Committees; Higher Education Authority; Aided by other Departments; Non-aided.
  • County
    The 34 administrative counties, except that Tipperary NR and Tipperary SR are combined.
  • Third level domiciliary of origin
    The 26 geographic counties of Ireland plus the 6 geographic counties of Northern Ireland. EU countries; Rest of Europe; USA; Canada; Other America; Africa; Asia; Australasia; Origin unknown.

Theme

People and Society - Education

Page Created

2007-12-01

Page Modified

2017-06-13

Keywords

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