NO - Huw Jones, chief executive, Wales Youth Agency
It seems that if they can afford to offer cash incentives they must have a lot of money. I suspect the problem is not about motivating pupils to come to school but getting them off the streets.
However, the critical issue is to address the validity and appropriateness of what young people are learning in schools, and how to achieve that.
The money would be better spent on addressing young people's learning needs. In my experience, young people truant for a number of reasons, either because the institution is not right for them, or they are being bullied, or are afraid of the teachers.
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