16,000 pupils suspended from school each year [Independent.ie]
- Published: 31 May 2010
AROUND 16,000 second-level students -- or more than one in every 20 -- are suspended from school every year because of indiscipline, shock new figures reveal.
But in disadvantaged schools, the figure for suspensions jumps dramatically to one in 10 pupils.
And the problem is getting worse, a new report due out today shows. It reveals that the rate of suspensions is rising slowly but steadily -- up from 4.9pc in 2004/05 to 5.3pc in 2007/08.
It's believed to have climbed higher since then, as schools struggle to cope with the effect of cuts and growing indiscipline.
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