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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 30, 2017 16:27:56 GMT 12
RISE IN SCHOOL ABSENCE RATES 'ATROCIOUS'School absence rates are getting worse, Ministry of Education figures reveal. The ministry says the number of students regularly attending school fell from nearly 70 percent in Term 2, 2015 to 67 percentin the same period last year. Only 55 percent of Maori students were regularly showing up and 57 percent of Pacific students. The ministry defined regular attendance as being at school 90 percent of the time, so the figures include all reason for absence, including truancy and illness..... www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/344943/rise-in-school-absence-rates-atrocious
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