NO - Gideon Lyons, training and marketing co-ordinator, School Councils UK
You can pick up students and drive them back to school all day, but that won't address the causes of truancy. These sweeps are a simplistic response to a far more complicated problem.
First, most of us have played truant, whether it be from school, college or work. So to put all "truants" under one label is unhelpful.
Second, many people who miss school feel they have no choice. Truancy is defined as "absence from school for no legitimate reason", but the "legitimate reason" is difficult to define. For instance, it does not include bullying or perhaps commitments at home.
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