Meanings of early school leaver in English

This is the sector that works with early school leavers.

An additional 450 places on the Youthreach programme for early school leavers are also being created.

The Government is not meeting its targets in reducing the number of early school leavers, a new report claims.

Those most affected were on Community Employment projects and on "second chance" education schemes for early school leavers.

Substance abuse among early school leavers is significantly higher than among those remaining in education a study published today has revealed.

The National Economic and Social Forum (NESF) report says the number of early school leavers has remained unchanged since 1997.

EARLY school leavers in Cork are abandoning the education system because the curriculum is too academic, according to a report published yesterday.

But it also highlights an increased take-up of educational and training opportunities by early school leavers, once they leave their second-level school.

It found that the average age of starting full sex was 13 for a group of "at risk" early school leavers.

Let us not forget the thousands of early school leavers who were disillusioned and let down by the system and the attitudes within it.

THE Government is to announce an initiative today which will target the long term unemployed and early school leavers who have failed to find jobs.

Dr Barry presented a broad range of data pointing out that today's early school leavers contain disproportionate numbers of those who are unemployed long term.

The workshops were set up to provide training for early school leavers in a wide range of skills, such as typing, computing and wood working.

The Minister for Education and Science, Dr Woods, yesterday announced he was extending the 8-to-15 Early School Leaver Initiative until August 2002.