The impact of the Covid pandemic has resulted in "unprecedented" numbers of children chronically absent from school, the Department of Education has said.Chronic absence is classed as missing more than 10% of the year.some pupils never fully returned to school after lockdownsAn investigation by Dame Rachel de Souza suggested persistent absence from school was at a rate in England almost twice as high as before the pandemic.
Previous reports from the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People also said thatMost pupils in Northern Ireland were taught remotely out of school for months in 2020 and in early 2021. The Department of Education is carrying out an equality screening on a new way for schools to record the attendance of pupils ahead of the 2022-23 school year.Image source,The Department of Education is hoping to reinforce the importance of regular attendance at school"Severe chronic" absence is if a pupil misses over 20% of school.
All thanks to MMcIlveenDUP not putting hepa filters in schools. Some Teachers and pupils were on their 3rd covid infection by June and will continue this year. negligence resign willbeheldaccountable
And yet there are no Covid mitigations in schools. Windows opened years ago, what protections do pupils have now? Hand sanitiser? How will that protect against AIRBORNE transmission? MMcIlveenDUP It certainly hasn’t worked in the past 2 years, has it?
Pupils and teachers will continue to get sicker through repeated Covid infections with refusal of Education_NI MMcIlveenDUP to take action to ensure cleaner air in schools, such as installing HEPA filtration in classrooms.
Definitely more serious cases of absence since the pandemic. A consultant told me there is an uptick in chronic fatigue symptoms, girls in particular. EWS on work to rule and haven’t been able to assign some cases to an EWO. EWS needs more resources and schools need more help
Chronic absence is'classed' as 10 percent or more. Schools clasing of what is deemed an absence is quite varied and needs radically addressed. Chronic also means something that happens more than once. Non story
Give it a rest Robbie
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