§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what proportion of (a) all, (b) male, and (c) female secondary school pupils in Wales obtained five or more O level passes in 1974;
(2) what proportion of (a) all, (b) male, and (c) female secondary school pupils in Wales obtained two or more A level passes in 1974;
(3) what proportion of all secondary school pupils entered part-time education in institutions of further or higher education in 1974;
(4) what proportion of secondary school pupils in Wales continued full-time education in institutions of higher education in 1974.
§ Mr. John MorrisOn the basis of a 10 per cent. sample survey it is estimated that in 1974:
No estimate is available of the proportion of secondary school leavers who continued their education part-time in institutions of further and higher education. The figures quoted above are subject to sampling errors.
- (i) Five or more O-level passes were obtained by 24 per cent. of all pupils in secondary schools in Wales—boys 24 per cent. and girls 25 per cent.;
- (ii) Two or more A-level passes were obtained by 12 per cent. of all pupils in secondary schools in Wales—boys 15 per cent. and girls 12 per cent.;
446 - (iii) 22 per cent. of pupils leaving secondary schools in Wales continued their full-time education in institutions of further and higher education.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of: (a) all, (b) male and (c) female secondary school pupils in Wales were still at school at (i) 17 years and (ii) 18 years of age in 1974.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe proportions of 17 and 18-year-old pupils in maintained secondary schools in Wales in 1974 were:
(Per cent.) Boys Girls Boys and Girls Age 17 20.7 21.5 21.1 Age 18 9.3 6.8 8.1 These data relate the number of pupils aged 17 and 18 at the beginning of 1974 to the number of 13-year-old pupils at the beginning of 1970 and 1969 respectively.