Stress “affecting school pupils”
United Kingdom
Exam pressures are causing some sixth-formers to resort to alcohol and even
to develop anorexia, it is claimed. Changes to the AS-level exam system were
demanded last summer and the number of exams was cut, but Bill Gould,
headteacher of Hellesdon High School, near Norwich, says teenagers are still
sitting up to three different exams in one half-day session. The National
Association of Head Teachers says sixth-formers are now feeling so stressed by
the demands of AS-levels they are dropping out of school altogether.
(The Eastern Daily Press Online 07/06/02)
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