Third-level system places 'appalling' stress on young people, says minister

TUI president Martin Marjoram at the TUI annual congress. Picture: Tommy Clancy

Ireland’s third-level education system has allowed a points race to “get out of control” and places “appalling levels of pressure and stress” on young people.

That is according to Minister for Further and Higher Education, Simon Harris, who was speaking at the annual conference of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI).