An “addiction to exams” is fuelling stress, anxiety and failure in schools across the UK, the former head of the civil service has said. Gus O’Donnell said the UK was “sleepwalking into a deepening crisis” and called for the current exam system to be overhauled. Speaking exclusively to the Guardian, Lord O’Donnell said Britain was creating a “troubled generation” and the country would pay the price of cutbacks in mental health services. We talk about equality between physical and mental health but we are miles away from it. “We have brought forward a troubled generation and we will pay the price of some of the cutbacks we’ve seen in mental health services and the reduction in benefits.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2018 14:32 UTC