Shock at high college dropout rate

ALMOST one-in-three students at a Dublin college dropped out before reaching second-year — shocking new figures reveal.

Institute of Technology Tallaght’s services courses (such as tourism, hospitality, sports and leisure courses) saw less than half of students progress to second year.

It is one of 11 institutes (IoTs) where less than four-in-five entrants made it beyond first year, while computer science programmes at six IoTs saw at least one-third of first years dropping out.