Sickness and short-term medical leave are likely heavy contributors to recent statistics showing more than half of students aren't regularly attending school, the Secondary Principals Association has revealed.
Education Ministry data shows 47 per cent of students regularly going to school in term two, down from 59.5 per cent in term one.
The figure was just 40 per cent in term two last year.
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