Over 11,000 people drop out of JobBridge scheme early

The number of people dropping out of the Government’s JobBridge national internship programme early each year is almost as high as those who are completing the scheme, figures show.

Figures from the Department of Social Protection show that between the start of 2014 and the end of March this year, there have been 24,253 people on the JobBridge scheme. Of those, while 13,100 completed the course, 11,193 dropped out early for a variety of reasons.

In some parts of the country the drop-out rate has, at times, been higher than the completion rate.