Nov 11, 2022 by The Beat Maker - 0 Comments
Just 40 percent of children went to school regularly in term two this year, a new low.
Meanwhile, chronic absence, meaning children missed a third or more of their classes, nearly doubled to reach 14 percent.
An Education Ministry report says there was a substantial rise in absences due to illness including COVID-19 in term two.
The children’s commissioner judge Frances Eivers spoke to Jimmy Ellingham
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