More staff needed to tackle school absenteeism
The call comes despite a lack of resources for extra staff in the Government’s spending plans.
Latest figures from the NEWB show that almost one-in-five second-level students - around 37,000 young people - missed more than 20 days in the last school year, the same as in 2003/2004. In the country’s most disadvantaged areas, more than one-third of second-level students are in this situation.
