Factors Affecting Non-Attendance in Irish Primary Schools and Reasons for Differences between Urban and Rural levels of Non-attendance

Authors

Anne Marie Gurhy, Marino Institute of Education
Glen Perry, National Educational Welfare Board
Mark Farrell, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Report

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Abstract

This study will investigative the factors that influence school non-attendance, in designated disadvantaged Irish primary schools (DEIS1). Currently, no comprehensive data exists on the factors contributing to the levels and types of non-attendance within the Irish context. Since 2003/2004, the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB, Appendix A) the agency with responsibility for school attendance, has collected specific data on attendance levels and the frequency of non-attendance across all Irish schools. However, this does not provide information at the individual student level (NEWB, 2007).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/D75F4R

Recommended Citation

Gurhy, AM., Perry, G. & Farrell, M. (2018)Factors Affecting Non-attendance in Irish Primary Schools and Reasons for Differences between Urban and Rural levels of Non-attendance, Study, Dublin Institute of Technology, 20118.