8 Jul 2021

Parliament launches inquiry into truancy crisis

From Midday Report, 12:11 pm on 8 July 2021

Parliament's launched an inquiry into the so-called truancy crisis. Official figures in May showed more than 60,000 students are classified as chronically absent, missing at least three days of school every fortnight, and almost 40 percent of pupils are not going to school regularly. Māni Dunlop speaks to the Principals' Federation president Perry Rush.