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Fri 12 Dec 2008More than 100,000 pupils absent for 20 days
MORE THAN 100,000 children miss over 20 days each year and non-attendance is greater among older children and children who live in more disadvantaged areas and in urban areas, according to the annual report of the National Educational Welfare Board.
The board said the percentage of student days lost through absence was running at more than 6 per cent in primary schools and at about 8 per cent in post-primary schools.
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