Children and parents pleaded with Education Minister Norma Foley to step in and introduce a homework ban after it was suggested by President Michael D Higgins.
In letters to the minister, kids wrote about how they were being forced to give up hobbies because they were given so much work to do after school.
In one note, a pupil wrote about how seven hours of school each day was “plenty of education” and that more work on top was unnecessary.
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The child said: “I do not ask for homework to be completely banned but for it to be reduced to a certain limit.
“Otherwise, if there is a constant build-up of homework daily, it can cause stress and even a lack of exercise which will affect a person’s well-being.”
The Department of Education told the kids that homework policy was not within its powers.
In emails, they said: “The department does not issue direct guidelines relating to homework being given in schools. It is a matter for each school, at local level, to arrive at its own homework policy.”
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