(UK) NI: Education system 'failures'; not enough spent on mental health

June 21, 2018, BBC: Education in NI 'would have folded' if it was a business https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-44554016 If the education system in Northern Ireland was a business it would have "folded years ago", NI's commissioner for children and young people has said…. Her report also claimed that resources have not been spent properly to address poverty and mental health concerns. It adds that many of the problems pre-dated the collapse of the Stormont executive. Northern Ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since power-sharing between the DUP and Sinn Féin collapsed 18 months ago. The 'Statement on Children's Rights in Northern Ireland' report highlights "systemic failures" in areas including education, poverty and mental health…. The commissioner also looked at the issue of mental health, criticising the "unacceptably low" 8% of the mental health budget allocated to children and young people….