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TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION:

2004 ANNUAL SCHOOL LEAVERS’ SURVEY of 2002/2003 LEAVERS

SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Shirley Gorby, Selina McCoy and Dorothy Watson

PUBLISHER:

ESRI for the Department of Education and Science

PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION:

Ireland 2005

TYPE OF PUBLICATION:

Report

LANGUAGE/S OF PUBLICATION:

English

LANGUAGE OF REVIEW:

English

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

This report presents the findings of the 2004 School Leavers’ Survey carried out by the ESRI for the Department of Education and Science

It examines the economic status of school leavers, educational attainment, gender, social class, and also longer-term trends. It discusses educational attainment and labour market success, employment experiences of school leavers to include distributions by industrial sector, occupation, and earnings. The issue of early school leaving is explored, the take up of Transition Year and participation in Post Leaving Certificate courses.

COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION:

Throughout the years, the school leavers’ survey has shown that males exhibit a greater tendency towards early school leaving than their female counterparts. This survey – the latest conducted – indicates that 3.9 per cent of males as compared to 3.4 per cent of females left school without any qualifications.

NAME OF COMPILER:

Ann Caulfield

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

Mayo Education Centre

ROLE:

Researcher



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15 November 2012

Stay@School at the Future of Education Conference

The Stay@School projet will be presented at the third edition of the “Future of Education” international conference, held in Florence, Italy, on 13 - 14 June 2013. Over 250 participants from all over the world will attend the conference. The conference participants belong to the sectors of higher education, school education, vocational education and training as well as adult education, therefore representing all of the target groups of the Stay@School project.

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