Parents and carers are being called on to build better school attendance habits in their children and young people as schools struggle to regain regular attendance after COVID.
After Term 1 attendance data was released the NSW Government launched a campaign called Every Day Matters.
NSW public schools have a target of a 95 per cent attendance rate and many schools are currently well below that target.
In 2022, the average attendance rate in NSW public schools was 85.7 per cent, a decrease from 2019 where the average attendance rate was 90.2 per cent…