ATTENDANCE rates among school pupils rose markedly during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to statistics published by Shetland Islands Council (SIC).
The number of secondary pupils whose attendance rate was 90 per cent or lower fell from 419 in 2019/20 to just 12 in 2020/21, while for primary pupils the same measure showed a drop from 342 to 120.
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Overall sickness was down to 2.6 per cent in 2020/21 compared to 3.6 per cent in 2019/20, figures contained in the schools service’s latest quarterly report show.
The attendance rate for secondary pupils rose year-on-year from 93 per cent to 97 per cent, and for primary pupils it increased from 96 per cent to 98 per cent.
Huge crowds return to Anzac services
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Dame Trelise Cooper at Leigh.
Servicemen with the NZ Navy and Air Force marched over the Memorial Park bridge at the end of the Puhoi ceremony.
At Matakana. Photo, Emma MacDonald.
Keith Tennant, left, and Thomas Dowling.
After two years of cancellations and disruptions, Anzac Day 2021 dawned bright, warm and clear across the Mahurangi region, prompting an impressive turnout at local parades and services. Speakers at Puhoi – historian Richard Hern – and Leigh – JP Vince Anaki – reminded the crowds that New Zealand had, in both world wars, sent a disproportionately high percentage of its population to fight – and it had suffered correspondingly huge losses. Meanwhile, at Warkworth, RSA president Bob Harrison said the challenges and sacrifices of Covid-19 were in many ways similar to those of wartime.
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NO BREACHES of Viking Energy planning conditions have been detected which would âreasonably merit the wholesale suspension of construction workâ, councillors have been told.
In addition, the environmental measures currently in place do not justify suspension of the work either, according to Shetland Islands Councilâs development director Neil Grant.
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But some calls were made in the chamber for greater independent scrutiny of the construction work.
It comes after campaign group Save Shetland petitioned the council earlier this year to request that construction work be halted amid concerns over the impact on the environment, and for more stringent independent monitoring to take place.