Just over half of year seven to 10 students in government schools are missing more than one-day of school a week.
New figures show it’s increased by four per cent in two years.
Locally Geelong Grammar had an 85 per cent attendance rate last year while Geelong High’s attendance level was at 38 per cent.
School Can’t Australia director Tiffany Westphal telling News Corp we need to look at thwt is causing the issues.
“We need to consider changes to the school environment, changes to the curriculum, and more flexible ways of engaging with learning,” she said.
The shadow education minister Jess Wilson says it’s not good enough.
“This troubling data shows the depth of student disengagement with their education under Labor,” she said.
“Whilst other states are making meaningful progress to strengthen student engagement, Victorian students continue to fall further behind.”
