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Problems of Absenteeism

On the day we visited this two-teacher school in Sri Lanka, the headteacher and 32 children were absent. The teacher went from grade to grade setting work for the 14 children who were present, but some children sat doing nothing for an hour before she reached their group. (Taken on Multigrade team visit 1999 by Pat Pridmore)

 

Problems of absenteeism

Pupils in a classroom in Sri Lanka

Pupils in a classroom in Sri Lanka

Pupils in a classroom in Sri Lanka

Girls in their school uniforms

Pupils in a classroom in Sri Lanka

Puils on the school yard

Pupils in a classroom in Sri Lanka

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