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Vetting Procedures for Schools Webinar

 

The JMB  training webinar on Vetting Procedures for Schools and National Vetting Bureau Compliance 

Principals and Deputy Principals are requested to share the registration link with their colleagues working in the area of vetting in the school/Education Centre.   

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Leaving and Junior Cert exams begin amid spike in student anxiety levels

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Wednesday 5 June 2019

Leaving and Junior Cert exams begin amid spike in student anxiety levels

The Irish Times

The State examinations begin today for some 124,000 pupils with a range of new measures aimed at reducing stress and anxiety levels.

Youth mental health services such as Jigsaw have recorded a spike in the number of young people seeking support in the lead-up to the exams for issues such as anxiety and other difficulties.

Minister for Education Joe McHugh said authorities had been working to try to “ease the levels of stress some students experience” through a range of new measures Read Article

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