Standardised school year start unsettles students

THE ministerial decision to standardise school holidays is impacting on the “settling in” period for first-year students at post-primary schools, it was claimed yesterday.

Experts revealed that induction days helped relieved anxiety and eased the transition for students from junior school to secondary school.

A study discovered that the way in which post-primary schools handled the transition process made a difference to how students settled in, and also to their academic progress.