Fewer than 1 in 2 kids regularly attending school!
The latest attendance data is a shocker. Some lowlights:
- Regular attendance rate in Term 1 was a record low of 46%
- That is 380,000 students not regularly in school compared to 160,000 in 2019
- The Maori regular attendance rate is 33% and Pacific 30%
- Around 25% of Maori and Pacific students are not even attending 70% of the time
- Only 25% of Decile 1 students are attending regularly and one in three are not attending even 70% of the time
We live in a country where fewer than 1 in 2 students regularly attend school. Incredible.