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Northern Ireland: share of secondary students with lessons in Irish 2001-2017

Share of secondary school students taught using the Irish language in Northern Ireland from 2001/2002 to 2016/2017

The data displays the proportion of secondary school students in Northern Ireland who received at least one class taught in Irish from the academic year 2001/2002 to 2016/2017. During that time, the share of Irish taught secondary school students has been steadily increasing. However the increase was not as large as with primary school students.

2001/02	0.2
2002/03	0.3
2003/04	0.3
2004/05	0.3
2005/06	0.4
2006/07	0.4
2007/08	0.4
2008/09	0.4
2009/10	0.5
2010/11	0.5
2011/12	0.5
2012/13	0.5
2013/14	0.6
2014/15	0.6
2015/16	0.7
2016/17	0.7

Northern Ireland: share of secondary students with lessons in Irish 2001-2017

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