Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 08/06/2012. Tags: Secondary School News
Absenteeism has been reduced by 25 per cent among ten Dublin 8 schools, due to an integrated response to attendance, participation and retention,
figures show.
The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) noted a reduction of 9,768 days missed in its
2009/2010 Analysis of School Attendance Data report.
Chronic absenteeism was also significantly reduced, with cases falling by 42 per cent.
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald praised the approach to tackling the problem of youngsters missing school, but commented that 56,000 students were still absent each day.
"This must remain a significant cause for concern and demonstrates the need for a sustained and focussed approach to supporting student attendance, participation and retention," Ms Fitzgerald remarked.
The report also found the rates of non-attendance were significantly higher in Department of Education and Skills (DEIS) schools with absences longer than 20 days running at 30 per cent compared with 15.3 per cent in non-DEIS schools.
Having been founded in 2002, the NEWB aims to promote attendance among primary and secondary-age children.
Written by Donal Walsh
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