MPs have launched an inquiry into what has been described as New Zealand s truancy crisis.
National Party education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says the inquiry will look into effective efforts to counteract the problem.
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Official figures in May showed more than 60,000 students classified as chronically absent, missing at least three days of school every fortnight, and almost 40 percent of pupils not going to school regularly.
Parliament s education committee says school attendance has been dropping since 2015 across all regions, all ethnicities, all deciles and all year levels .
It says the rates of stand-downs, suspensions, exclusions, and expulsion may also provide insights into how to engage children with learning when there are also behavioural issues present.
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