9,000 students drop out before Leaving Cert

MORE than 9,000 students leave school before the Leaving Certificate every year, a study has shown.

Published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), No Way Back is the most comprehensive study to date looking at the reason behind dropout rates.

The report found around 9,000 young people leave school before taking the Leaving Certificate. The proportion of people staying on at school has remained relatively stable since the mid 1990s.