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Jamie Roberts

Bear Grylls says UK schools are 'woefully ill-equipped' to combat mental health

Bear Grylls has urged the UK's schooling system to improve when it comes to helping students deal with mental health issues.

The adventurer, 48, believes that while things are getting better, schools are still "woefully ill-equipped" and are failing to teach children a number of important life lessons.

Speaking candidly to The Mirror, Bear opened up on how the state must continue to get better if it is to help the latest generation through what he has called labelled an anxiety pandemic.

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