HC Deb 07 July 1976 vol 914 cc612-4W
Mr. Townsend

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children in Northern Ireland who reach further academic education have got there from secondary schools; how many from grammar schools; and how many in each such category complete successfully academic or professional courses of study.

Mr. Carter

Information as recorded in the Northern Ireland Education Statistics Bulletin Number 20, is as follows:

DESTINATION OF SCHOOL LEAVERS*† DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 1973–74
Secondary (intermediate) schools Technical Intermediate schools Grammar schools All schools
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
Boys
All leavers 9,012 100.0 6 100.0 3,249 100.0 12,267 100.0
Going to:
Universities 91 1.0 2 33.3 1,176 36.2 1,269 10.3
Colleges of Education‡ 65 0.7 1 16.7 137 4.2 203 1.7
Ulster College 98 1.1 3 50.0 262 8.1 363 3.0
Institutions of Further Education in Northern Ireland (F.E. classes) 1,183 13.1 — — 339 10.4 1,522 12.4
Other educational institutions 219 2.5 — — 129 4.0 348 2.8
Employment§ 7,356 81.6 — — 1,206 37.1 8,562 69.8
Girls
All leavers 7,798 100.0 — — 3,381 100.0 11,179 100.0
Going to:
Universities 50 0.6 — — 844 25.0 894 8.0
Colleges of Education‡ 114 1.5 — — 641 18.9 755 6.8
Ulster College 22 0.3 — — 152 4.5 174 1.5
Institutions of Further Education in Northern Ireland (F.E. classes) 1,606 20.6 — — 483 14.3 2,089 18.7
Other educational institutions 142 1.8 — — 111 3.3 253 2.3
Employment§ 5,864 75.2 — — 1,150 340 7,014 62.7
Boys and Girls
All leavers 16,810 100.0 6 100.0 6,630 100.0 23,446 100.0
Going to:
Universities 141 0.8 2 33.3 2,020 30.5 2,163 9.2
Colleges of Education‡ 179 1.1 1 16.7 778 11.7 958 4.1
Ulster College 120 0.7 3 50.0 414 6.3 537 2.3
Institutions of Further Education in Northern Ireland (F.E. classes) 2,789 16.6 — — 822 12.4 3,611 15.4
Other educational institutions 361 2.1 — — 240 3.6 601 2.6
Employment § 13,220 78.7 — — 2,356 35.5 15,576 66.4
* Excludes special and independent schools.
† Excludes all leavers from full-time further education courses in institutions of further education.
‡Includes leavers going to teacher training at the Education Centre of The New University of Ulster, Coleraine, the Faculty of Education of the Ulster College and leavers enrolled in the four-year degree courses in the Colleges.
§ Includes those who left for other reasons.
Even if it were possible to identify the number of students who attained higher qualifications according to which type of school they attended, it could not be extracted without a disproportionate use of resources.