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Dealing with Teenage Truancy
Every year hundreds of thousands of UK students play truant. The government has recently spent over £1 billion trying to tackle the issue but little has changed. Although it is only less than 5% of students who play truant routinely, obviously this phenomenon is affecting schools across the UK. As a parent, there is much you can towards dealing with teenage truancy. Get to Know the Issue Many parents don’t realise it, but truancy affects every single student and teacher in UK schools today. When even one student is truant the entire class suffers as a result. Precious time is wasted disciplining students; whole classes are put behind schedule in order to help others catch up and the disruption of pupil’s constantly disappearing means that everyone loses out. Though it may seem that truancy can be dealt with by simply getting students back into the classroom this may prove only minimally effect... |
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