Published: 18 August 2011

Drop in pupils taking 'vital' subjects due to budget cuts

THE fall-out from the first round of education cuts has been laid bare in this year's exam results, with fewer students taking critical subjects such as physics and modern languages.

This year also saw a fall in the numbers sitting the Leaving Certificate Applied.

Teacher unions said the worsening pupil-teacher ratio has led to schools having to drop less popular subjects and this is reflected in a 3.4pc fall in the number of students sitting physics and a fall of almost 5pc in those studying German.

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