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.

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.