Galway Bay fm newsroom - Primary school enrolments in the west are expected to decrease by 30% by the year 2036.
That's according to a new report led by the Department of Education and Skills.
The new study predicts enrolments in primary schools across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon will drop from 53-thousand to 37-thousand by 2036.
Post-primary enrolments are also expected to decrease, with an 18 per cent drop predicted for the western region by 2036.
It follows a nationwide trend as the report projects a fall of 134-thousand primary school enrolments and nearly 40-thousand post-primary enrolments across the country in the same time period.
Education Minister Joe McHugh says these findings will play an important role in future planning for primary and post-primary schools at a regional level.
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