Fewer than 60 percent of students attend school regularly across the country and the government has set a target for 70 percent of students to be back in the classroom regularly by 2024 and 75 percent by 2026.
Principals are appealing to the Ministry of Education to maintain school staffing levels after mid-year roll counts showed some have lost a lot of students.
By RNZ
Principals are fuming that schools won't have ready access to rapid antigen tests (RATs) to help keep their doors open during the Omicron outbreak.