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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995

Module: Education
Variable: SECIMP1


Question:
Which do you think would be the most useful one for improving the education of children in secondary and grammar schools - aged 11-18 years?


Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
More information available about individual schools1
More links between parents and schools9
More resources for buildings, books and equipment22
Better quality teachers11
Smaller class sizes20
More emphasis on exams and tests7
More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests15
More training and preparation for jobs14
Other1
Don't know2
Not answered0


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
More information available about individual schools 0 2
More links between parents and schools 9 9
More resources for buildings, books and equipment 23 21
Better quality teachers 13 10
Smaller class sizes 19 20
More emphasis on exams and tests 6 8
More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests 15 14
More training and preparation for jobs 12 15
Other 1 0
Don't know 2 3
Not answered 0 0


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
More information available about individual schools 0 0 1 1 1 4
More links between parents and schools 8 4 6 10 15 12
More resources for buildings, books and equipment 41 23 20 16 14 14
Better quality teachers 13 6 14 10 14 11
Smaller class sizes 4 20 22 35 18 16
More emphasis on exams and tests 9 9 7 6 6 4
More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests 10 22 19 9 7 18
More training and preparation for jobs 13 16 9 12 22 13
Other 1 1 1 0 2 0
Don't know 2 1 1 2 1 8
Not answered 0 0 0 0 0 1


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
More information available about individual schools 1 1 0
More links between parents and schools 12 6 10
More resources for buildings, books and equipment 25 19 26
Better quality teachers 8 12 16
Smaller class sizes 20 20 13
More emphasis on exams and tests 5 8 11
More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests 16 14 13
More training and preparation for jobs 8 18 12
Other 1 1 0
Don't know 3 2 0
Not answered 0 0 0


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