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Thu 09 Sep 2009Nearly 30,000 do not get place on Post-Leaving Cert courses
ALMOST 30,000 applicants for Post-Leaving Cert courses in colleges of further application have failed to secure a place, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) said yesterday.
The union said over 60,000 applicants had sought the 32,000 available places. In one Dublin college, 2,500 applicants applied for 800 Post-Leaving Cert (PLC) places. The TUI has called for the removal of the cap on places that limits student numbers in such colleges. The programme is provided by 140 VEC schools, 23 secondary and 26 community and comprehensive schools.
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