Visually impaired more likely to underperform in school

The study involved 1,612 schoolchildren, aged six-and-seven and 12-and-13, in randomly selected schools. From the overall number of children involved, 9% of the younger age group and 6% of the older age group were identified as 'low performing'.

A study involving more than 1,600 schoolchildren has found that children presenting with visual impairment were more likely to report low-performance in school.

More than two-thirds of the low-performing participants had not had an eye examination within the 12 months before data collection.