Significados de persistent truancy en inglés

Child benefit should be docked if parents fail to pay fines for persistent truancy by their children, a government adviser has suggested.

Principals say social media has made it easier for children to skip classes, and family hardship was contributing to a rise in persistent truancy.

Also up was the rate of persistent truancy, rising from 1 to 1.3 percent, despite the introduction of new truancy services in 2013.

Persistent truancy is defined as three or more unjustified absences in the week of the attendance survey.