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County secondary school retention rates slightly ahead of city
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Retention rates at secondary schools across the county are slightly ahead of those in the city.
The figures published by the Department of Education today show that retention rates in the county are an average of 93%, compared to 91% in the city.
The report presents the retention rates of pupils who entered the first year of the junior cycle in 2007.
It shows retention rates in second level schools remain at more than 90% – almost 8% higher than those who began in 1997.
In County Galway, 96% of students completed the junior cert while a retention rate of 90% was recorded for the leaving cert.
In the city, the rates were slightly lower for the junior cert at 95% and the leaving cert at 87%.