Student absences are rising at such high rates that they threaten to become permanent. But the fault lies with social trends, parents - and governments.
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Australian school students’ sliding attendance is a symptom of greater structural problems facing the education system. This makes turning it around a more pivotal but also more difficult task than in the past.
The latest Productivity Commission data shows that over the past two years, about 45 per cent of students missed a day of school per fortnight – a rate that has approximately doubled from the long-term average.
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Glenn Fahey is a research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, and formerly held research and policy positions with the OECD.
