Call for reduction in number of subjects to ease pressure

THE number of subjects taken for the Junior Certificate should be examined as a possible way to reduce pressures leading students to drop out of school, a teachers’ leader has suggested.

Teachers’ Union of Ireland president Tim O’Meara made the comment as he encouraged all those receiving their exam results today to stay on at school until their Leaving Certificate.

Almost one in five young Irish people do not reach the end of school and opt to enter the workforce or take up other training instead.