Schools still turning to charity for help

SCHOOLS countrywide are struggling to get additional psychological assessments for pupils once they reach their quota of two assessments per annum, the Labour Party claimed yesterday.

School principals continue to turn to St Vincent de Paul for funding when they have used their allocation of two assessments for every 100 pupils, according to Labour’s Jan O’Sullivan.

She said the quota operated by the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) was causing unnecessary stress in schools where there are sometimes 20 children in urgent need of psychological assessments.