New Leaving Cert curriculum needs to consider student anxiety - Donegal Principal

The wave of stress and anxiety young people experience around the Leaving Cert, needs to be seriously considered when formulating a better senior cycle system.

It's among the points which have been raised by principals, at a National Conference of ETB schools taking place in Sligo.

Many students across the country have started to sit their mock exams in recent days.

Principal of Finn Valley College in Donegal, Alan Thompson, says the new curriculum - which will be rolled out from 2024 - needs to lessen students' anxiety:

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