"Clarity of rules will help": School attendance continues to fall below ...
Author Newstalk ZB, Publish Date Tue, 11 Jun 2024, 8:55am
Author Newstalk ZB, Publish Date Tue, 11 Jun 2024, 8:55am
School attendance is consistently falling short of Ministry of Education benchmarks.
Attendance hasn't surpassed 85% since May 15th, meanwhile Friday attendance hasn't exceeded 83% all year.
Only 15% of students last year reached the benchmark of being in class more than 90% of the time.
Canterbury's Darfield High School Principal Andy England told Mike Hosking that trade academies operating on a Friday have nearly 100% attendance.
He says the trades academies are clear you have to be there to pass the course, so that's an example of where black and white rules can really help.
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