Some 1,700 persistently absent pupils have not been allocated support to help them attend school, according to Ed_Authority figures.
The principal of Botanic Primary in Belfast, Paul Bell, said that the majority of pupils he had referred to EWS for attendance problems had not been allocated supportMore than 1,700 pupils who are persistently absent have not been allocated any support to help them attend school.
If a pupil is persistently absent in Northern Ireland, schools can refer them to the EWS for help to get them to attend regularly again.One possible factor has been a long-running pay dispute between the Education Authority and education welfare officers "We approach the welfare service to provide specialist help when we feel as a school we can do no more."Mr Bell said that of 12 referrals to the service he had made this year, only two are currently allocated to an education welfare officer.
There has been a long-running pay dispute between the Education Authority and education welfare officers, which has led to action short of strike.
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