Truancy

Pupils skip school. That’s called truancy.

Combating truancy and stopping children skipping school is a major headache for educators throughout the world. But parents in one part of Spain now get a tell-tale text if their child fails to turn up in class.

See this BBC video here.

In Hull, an English town, children who are out of school without a valid reason are being targeted in a truancy crackdown. Education officers and police will question suspected truants. Any found to be out of class without a good reason will be returned.
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