Forcing children back into education with limited additional support often meant they fell through the cracks, sometimes being excluded multiple times. “Of course the ultimate outcome of a pattern of exclusion is a young person falling out of the education system and going out onto the street.”
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The Ministry of Education says it is concerned by the Federation’s stance, as every child and young person has a right to education (File photo). The federation was currently supporting a school to contest a directed enrolment, saying there needed to be urgent action to address the issue of violence in schools.