The cost of students dropping out of college could be reduced significantly if they had proper access to career advice at school, says a guidance counsellors’ leader.

Students are continuing to turn to science courses and are avoiding the uncertainties of teaching careers, latest college application figures suggest.

GROWING levels of mental-health problems associated with drink, drugs and marriage breakdowns are causing teenagers to fall behind or drop out of school, guidance counsellors have warned.

IT is time that the main political parties stated their position on the EU draft constitution, especially in view of the recent meeting of candidate countries in Prague.