A new online dashboard has been released today as part of the Government's plan to boost school attendance.
From today, the public can visit the interactive dashboard and filter the total number of students by region or day to understand shifts in attendance over time.
The dashboard will be updated once a week to show a national average of how many students are at school on any given day.
Cabinet has also agreed to make it mandatory for schools to provide attendance data to the Ministry of Education daily from Term 1 2025, which will be published daily on the website.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour said more than 330,000 students were not regularly attending school in term 4 last year.
"To address the issue we need data, there is a serious need for more accurate, complete, and timely information," he said.
"High-quality attendance data will help students, parents, and school communities identify absence, talk about the importance of school attendance, and measure positive change over time."
The Government has set a target of ensuring 80 percent of students are present for more than 90 per cent of the term by 2030.
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