| There were 1616 leavers from publicly-funded schools in Dundee in 2004/05, with 26% of those going on to full-time higher education — a 2% rise on last year.
Those entering full-time further education accounted for 30% — an increase of 3%.
There was also a decrease in the number of youngsters registered as unemployed after leaving school.
Those categorised as unemployed and seeking work or training was down 4% from 17% last year to 13%, while 2% are unemployed and not seeking employment or training, which is the same amount as last year, but an 8% drop from 2003/04.
22% secured employment — the same as last year, and 6% went into training.
The destination of the remainder is not known.
Nationally, the proportion of young people entering further or higher education has risen slightly from 50% in 2003/04 to 52% in 2004/05.
The proportion of leavers entering employment has also increased by 2% to 27%, while the proportion who are unemployed and seeking employment or training has fallen from 16% to 13%.
The proportion of leavers entering training outwith employment remains the same as 2003/04 at 5%, and the percentage in the ‘destination unknown’ category has decreased by 1%.
A higher proportion of females than males entered higher or further education (59% and 45% respectively) while a higher proportion of males than females entered employment (31% and 22% respectively).
Of the leavers who were unemployed, 12% of males were seeking employment as opposed to 8% of females, however there was no difference in the proportion of males and females who were unemployed and not seeking employment (both at 3%).
There were 1307 school leavers in Angus with a 3% increase of those entering full-time higher or further education.
A further 4% entered training and 21% of those found jobs — 3% more than last year.
There was good news on the unemployment front for school leavers in Angus with a drop of 5% in those unemployed and seeking work or training, while the number of jobless school leavers not seeking work or training stayed at 2% — the same as the previous year.
The destination of the remaining 1% is not known.
In Fife, a further 5% of the 4087 school leavers went on to university or college in 2004/05 compared to the previous year. 5% of those went into training opportunities and 21% found jobs — 2% more than the previous year.
There was a fall in those unemployed after leaving school, with those jobless and looking for employment or training falling from 16% last year to 9% this year and those unemployed and not looking for work remaining at 2% — the same as the previous year.
The destination of 3% is not known.
In Perth & Kinross there was an increase of 4% in those entering full-time higher or further education of the 1401 school leavers, while 3% entered training. An additional 2% found work compared to the previous year.
7% were unemployed and looking for work and training — a 2% drop, while those unemployed and not looking for work or training fell from 4% in 2003/04 to 2%. The destination of the remaining 1% was not known. |
