Study on school leaving shows we still have lessons to learn [labour.ie]
- Published: 15 April 2010
Today's ESRI report on early school leaving shows that 9000 students leave secondary school without a Leaving Certificate qualification every year. This is a huge problem which is far too easy to ignore. We need to renew our efforts at tackling educational disadvantage in Ireland.
Education is the key to creating a more equal society. It is distressing to see that that social class and gender strongly influence which pupils leave school early. If you are a young, working-class male, then our education system is not best positioned to help you.
Greater equality is better for everyone in our society, including the 9000 early school leavers in this report. It means every person has an opportunity to develop, and it also will aid our economic recovery.
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