Shane Curley (Fianna Fail)
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No, we have no credibility. We are destroying kids' mental health by putting them through examinations. In the case of Sive, she did not finish one of her junior certificate examinations. I am a teacher who was so handcuffed by the system that I am literally traumatised by what I put kids through as a teacher. The SEC made me do that because teachers teach to examinations, so that kids get the points and do the course that is their dream in college. The SEC makes that happen. Is the SEC comfortable with the way its examinations are destroying the mental health of young people in this country? "Yes" or "No"?