§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils have been staying on at school to attend GCE A-level courses in further education colleges or secondary and grammar schools in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is not available in the form requested. However, the numbers of school pupils aged 16 years or over were as follows:
Year Secondary intermediate Grammar 1978–79 2,128 10,729 1979–80 2,001 10,916 1980–81 2,189 11,313 1981–82 2,424 12,171 1982–83 2,471 12,522 In secondary intermediate schools some will have been following A-level courses; in grammar schools most will have been following A-level courses. The numbers of full-time and part-time enrolments on A-level courses of students up to and including age 20 at further education colleges were as follows:
Year Number 1978–79 3,131 1979–80 2,734 1980–81 2,449 1981–82 2,184 1982–83 2,082