Stoneybatter Community Training Centre (CTC) provides training, educational and employment related services for young people in a friendly and informal manner. In Ireland today, the more qualified a person is the more likely that person is to secure a job of his or her choice, of reducing the risk of becoming unemployed again and of increasing his or her opportunities for better wages and working
conditions. Stoneybatter CTC have been set up with the needs of the early school leaver and the young unemployed especially in mind. The CTC provides a fresh opportunity for young persons to get national certificates at their own pace and with the assistance of friendly and supportive staff. A Community Training Centre (CTC) provides a range of training and other supports that help young people find the job of their choice. The primary target group is early school leavers aged 16 to 21 years who have no or incomplete secondary-level qualifications. The high priority target group is early school leavers who achieved less than 5 Ds in the Junior Certificate or have English and Maths at Foundation level in the Junior Certificate. The medium priority target group is early school leavers who achieved less than 5 Ds in the Leaving Certificate.
