We are discussing both of either the parents going into the school system or the teachers going into households to talk about attendance as well. Parents and guardians are encouraged to ensure their children attend school on a regular basis, Mr. Speaker. When an individual misses one day a week of school over the life of high school, it equals one year without school. That has a tremendous impact. So there should be attendance of 90 percent or more. That’s our target that we want to achieve. We are working very closely with the school boards to achieve that. We are developing various action plans geared towards how we can improve attendance in our school systems. Mahsi.
Jackson Lafferty on Question 598-17(5): Impact Of Attendance On Student Achievement
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 2015. See this statement in context.
Question 598-17(5): Impact Of Attendance On Student Achievement
Oral Questions
February 10th, 2015
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