A record proportion of school leavers in Northern Ireland have entered university during the past two years.
The figures were revealed in just-published analysis by the Department for Education (DE).
Almost 48% of school leavers entered university in both 2020 and 2021, the highest Northern Ireland rates on record.
In both 2020 and 2021. pupils received grades calculated by schools after summer exams were cancelled.
But there has also been a significant fall in the number of school leavers entering Further Education (FE) Colleges.
