Truancy requires tough lessons Consequences for poor attendance at school should be given and followed through with the child concerned ( NZ Herald , April.
EDITORIAL Truancy has been a popular topic in political speeches and general social discourse lately, prompted mostly by National and Act’s campaigning on.
Northland principals have described the Government’s attendance action plan to tackle truancy as “a nice little soundbite” lacking substance. Associate.
The Government has had a pretty good week.
The nine public service targets make sense. They give us a purpose and an idea of direction and, importantly, th
Instead of banging-on about things like fining parents who don’t send their kids to school, the Government should be finding out what’s already working to