Study finds major gap in Leaving Cert results between social groups [Independent.ie]
- Published: 25 May 2010
CHILDREN of professionals get an average of 90 points more in their Leaving Certificate than those born to manual workers, new research reveals.
The major new research is the first time the differences in performance between pupils from different social groups has been precisely measured -- and it underlines the gap in Leaving Cert scores between richer and poorer students.
The research -- which tracked how thousands of students did in their Leaving Cert -- shows that:
- Children of professional fathers get, on average, 90 points more than those whose father is a manual worker.
- Children of other 'white collar' workers get on average 50 points more.
- Students whose father is disabled get about 50 points less than the average.
- Children whose father is unemployed get 30 points less.
