Training
Colleges.

Training Colleges.

44. There are seven Training Colleges in operation and receiving Grants, viz. :—

(1.) "Marlborough-street" (Dublin), for men and women, under our own management;

(2.) "St. Patrick's" (Drumcondra, Dublin), for men, and

(3.) "Our Lady of Mercy" (Baggot-street, Dublin), for women, both under the management of His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin;

(4.) "Church of Ireland" (Kildare-place, Dublin), for men and women, under the management of His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin;

(5.) "De la Salle " (Waterford), for men, under the management of the Most Rev. Dr. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore.

(6.) "St. Mary's," Belfast, for women, under the management of the Most Rev. Dr. Henry, Bishop of Down and Connor.

(7.) "Mary Immaculate," Limerick, for women under the management of the Most Reverend Dr. O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick.

45. The following Table shows the number of Candidates for Admission to Training (One and Two Years' Courses) in 1901 in each of the Training Colleges, and the antecedents of those admitted to the Two Years' Course :

One student was allowed to enter after the opening of the Session to complete
her training, portion of the period having been completed in a previous Session.

Total
Trained
Teachers,
1901.

47. THE TOTAL NUMBER of TRAINED TEACHERS in the SERVICE on 31st December, 1901, was 6,309, or 53 per cent. of the total number of Principal and Assistant Teachers in the service, made up as follows:

Religious Denomina tions of

King's

48. RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS of the KING'S SCHOLARS admitted to MARLBOROUGH-STREET TRAINING COLLEGE for the Session, 1900-1901.

1

Untrained

Trained and 50. Numbers of Trained and Untrained Teachers, and perTeachers. centage of the number trained to the total number, for each of the last eleven

years:

51. The following Table shows the number of One-year and Two-year Students in Training each year for the last eleven years in the several Training Colleges, Males and Females being given separately:

The General Reports on the Colleges for the session 1900

1901 will be found in the Appendix, Section I.