Skipping Classes Has Become “Normal”: 15,000 Danish High-School Students Miss Lessons Weekly
Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- About 15,000 Danish high-school students miss school at least once a week, with reasons including dental appointments, ski holidays and poor well-being.
- One in 10 students has an absence rate above 20%, prompting the Confederation of Danish Industry to say nonattendance has become normalized.
- A representative of Danish high-school students views the trend as evidence of a broader problem.
Dental appointments, ski holidays and poor well-being are among the reasons Danish high-school students do not attend classes. Around 15,000 students miss lessons at least once a week.
The scale of absence has prompted concern from the Confederation of Danish Industry. One in 10 high-school students misses more than 20% of classes, and the organization says it has become too common for students not to show up.
A representative of Danish high-school students offers a different interpretation, seeing the pattern as a sign of another problem rather than simply a matter of attendance. The source does not provide further details about that explanation.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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