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The Ministry of Education has hired just fewer than seven attendance officers as part of its new centralised Attendance Service, set up to tackle record low school attendance. $74 million has been allocated to the service to employ 82 attendance officers. This followed reports from Term 3 of last year showed only 46 percent of students went to school regularly. But so far, six full time and one part time truancy officers have been appointed. The Education Minister Jan Tinetti says the Ministry is aiming to have all 82 employed by the end of next month. How likely or possible is that, and how will this new centralised model get students back into the classroom? Ministry of Education Deputy Secretary Operations and Integration, Sean Teddy.
