Crackdown urged on disruptive students

THE Government was yesterday urged by Fine Gael to crack down on disruptive students who are carrying offensive weapons, threatening teachers and assaulting fellow pupils.

The party claimed current legislation undermines the authority of schools to expel seriously disruptive students.

Fine Gael spokeswoman on education and science, Olwyn Enright TD, called on the Government to publish the final report of the Task Force on Student Behaviour, compiled under the chairmanship of Maeve Martin.