Schools surveys are ‘worthless’

I WRITE in response to the recent series of ad-hoc surveys and reports which purport to rank schools and counties in regard to percentage of students progressing to third-level education.

I believe it is very important that the public be made aware of the deeply flawed foundations of these analyses and conclusions.

The data, on which the ad-hoc surveys are based, relate only to the university sector and ignore totally the 14 institutes of technology and other third-level colleges.