Big social disparities in terms of education, says CSO

Major societal and geographical gaps in educational achievement have been highlighted in the latest release of figures from Census 2016.

Big social disparities in terms of education, says CSO

The data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows a continuing decline in early school-leaving, as highlighted already this week in a Department of Education report on school completion.

The 42% of people aged 15 or over with a third-level qualification is three times the rate it was in 1991, mostly as a result of a better educated younger population.

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