Students ‘failing to tackle issues’

STUDENTS do not have a proper system to tackle problems such bullying, drug abuse and underage drinking, the Union of Secondary Students (USI) said yesterday.

Students ‘failing to tackle issues’

Union president Emer Ní Chúagáin said a recent Department of Education survey suggesting almost 600 of the country’s 750 second-level schools had their own student council to deal with these issues was misleading.

Most secondary schools do not have a council despite provisions in law six years ago.

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