Leaving certificate

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Synopsis: Education: School: School life: Diploma: Leaving certificate:

DES) Increase the attractiveness of STEM subjects to a larger cohort of Leaving certificate students. DES) Develop a web portal to attract international talent with in demand skills to Ireland.

Significant progress has been made in raising STEM participation in schools notably a 74 per cent increase in higher level maths take-up in Leaving certificate since 2011.

The median Leaving certificate points obtained by honours degree course entrants, weighted by the latest data on the number of students on each course.

Skills & Regional Innovation Capacity Educational attainment to leaving certificate and third level has increased but the region continues to exhibit a relatively high level of early school leaving (below leaving cert) and relatively lower levels of attainment to third level.

Low levels of educational attainment, both at leaving certificate and graduate level compared to other regions High numbers of relatively low skilled unemployed High levels of skills where demand has reduced significantly,

In the immediate term, those who have left education without completing the leaving certificate or a primary third level qualification need to be skilled to a minimum standard

For the region overall, retention rates to Junior and Leaving certificate mirror the national average (Appendix 3). These improvements are linked most likely to the decline in the economy,

Waterford City has a relatively low retention rate to Leaving certificate compared to the national average

, 2004 cohort (2010) Junior Certificate Retention 2004 cohort Leaving certificate Retention 2004 cohort State 95.1 84.5 South East 95.3 85.0 Carlow

Department of education The unadjusted Leaving certificate retention rate nationally for the 2004 cohort was 84.5 percent, i e. out of the 57,000 pupils that enrolled in 2004,48,

100 sat the leaving certificate by 2010.73 The table below shows the available data on the South East counties compared to the national average. 73 The Department of education produce a final adjusted rate of 87. 7percent to take account of students that emigrated

& Regional Innovation Capacity Educational attainment to leaving certificate and third and fourth-level has increased within the Southeast,

but the region continues to exhibit a relatively high level of early school leaving (below Leaving certificate) and relatively lower levels of attainment to third and fourth-level.

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