Holidays in school year ‘harm pupils’ education’
The warning comes as figures show the average primary pupil misses 11 days of the 183-day school year. The figure for second-level students is even higher, missing, on average, 13 of the 165 days of required attendance.
The National Education Welfare Board said that if a child missed school to go on a package holiday every year, they will have missed a full year’s education by the time they get to Leaving Certificate.
