Strategy to lift school attendance and engagement

<h2 class&equals;"intro">A new Attendance and Engagement Strategy has been launched by the Government to outline a community-wide response to get absent students back into school&comma; participating and making progress&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Attendance has been declining since 2015 across all year levels&comma; deciles&comma; ethnicities&comma; and regions&semi; with the Covid-19 pandemic compounding the problem&comma; especially among younger learners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti said we all share the responsibility and have a role to play to reverse this trend and lift it back up to 70 percent of kids attending regularly by 2024 – that’s attending 90 percent or more of school hours&comma; or the equivalent of nine out of 10 days&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Parents and wh&amacr;nau are responsible for getting their children to attend and participate&comma; while schools and kura have to be places where our tamariki and &amacr;konga feel they are safe and belong&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The strategy is the response to a recent Inquiry report from the Education and Workforce Select Committee&semi; and provides the framework for a nationwide campaign to lift attendance and engagement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Our regional Te Mahau teams will support schools and kura to work more closely across government agencies and with their communities – including M&amacr;ori&comma; Pacific and disabled learners – to design local solutions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;assets&period;education&period;govt&period;nz&sol;public&sol;Documents&sol;our-work&sol;strategies-and-policies&sol;Attendance-and-Engagement-Strategy-Document&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Read the Attendance and Engagement strategy<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;