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Community Education
Learner Participants
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Choose to access many varied courses
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Gain confidence in an informal educational setting
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Identify an interest and
talent in a subject area.
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Acquire skills
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Access the FETAC
certification system that is designed to allow open access for learners at all
levels.
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Move positively onto a career path
"Participants … improve their knowledge and expand
their thinking …improve their communication skills, grow in self awareness, self
confidence and self esteem, leading to discovery of their own gifts and talent." Coordinator, Mahon Resource Centre
In gathering the data for this
report, centres were asked to record the number of adults taking courses within
their organisation. Each adult participant was counted only once.
Therefore,
if a particular adult learner participated in more than one course, that adult
was only counted once.
The number of adults partaking in courses in the networks that were funded by
the totalled 2,854. While the majority of learners counted once in each
community education centre, are female 83%, the number of
males participating in education at community level is significant at 17%.
There has been an increase in male participation from 2000 where men totalled 9%
of learners.
This is a positive development within Community Education.
The
gender distribution across
the networks is:
Name of Network
|
Number of |
Male |
Female
|
|
Learners |
Absolute |
% |
Absolute |
% |
|
City Centre City Wide Turners Cross
|
369 |
110 |
30% |
259 |
70% |
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City NE Glen B'volane |
151 |
9 |
6% |
142 |
94% |
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City NE Mayfield Lotamore |
341 |
|
15% |
289 |
85% |
|
City NC/NE Shandon Cathedral Blackpool
|
380 |
45 |
12% |
335 |
88% |
|
City NW Churchfield/Gurranabraher |
94 |
8 |
9% |
86 |
91% |
|
City NW Farranree |
312 |
63 |
20% |
249 |
80% |
|
City NW Knocknaheeny/S'well |
249 |
25 |
10% |
224 |
90% |
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City SE Mahon B'rock |
412 |
32 |
8% |
380 |
92% |
|
City SW Bishopstown |
203 |
45 |
22% |
158 |
78% |
|
City SW/SC Togher Ballyphehane
Deerpark Greenmount
|
343 |
85 |
25% |
258 |
75% |
In all areas, women are the
primary participants. The City Centre, Togher and Bishopstown show the highest
rate of male participation, while the Glen/Ballyvolane,
Churchfield/Gurranabraher and Mahon/Blackrock show the lowest rates of male
participation. The data collected in this survey does not provide reasons for
the variance in participation.
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