Truancy targets have arrived - and the government says it wants school attendance up at 70 percent by 2024. Associate Education minister Jan Tinetti says the government also wants to cut the number of students who are chronically absent from 7.7 percent last year to 5 percent in 2024.
And new steps are being developed for schools to take when unexplained absences become chronic. One of Auckland's more outspoken principals gave their verdict on the changes to Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro.
