Truancy is the act of deliberately missing one or more classes. This phenomenon has numerous reasons. First, socio-economic problems cause students to miss classes. That is to say, when parents cannot afford to buy school materials or pay school fees, students will certainly ditch classes. Also, some students may skip classes because of school phobia or fear. This means that when students find it difficult to get along with teachers, students and school staff they are bound to be absent from school. Besides, bad grades affect students negatively and impact their attitude towards school. So, they sluff school when they find themselves lagging behind their classmates. In addition, bad company may lead to school truancy. To put it differently, bad friends do not encourage students to take their studies seriously. On the contrary, they teach them how to drink, smoke, prostitute and so on. As the proverb says, “birds of a feather go together”. Finally yet importantly, bullying can lead to truancy. Bullies may use force, threats, and intimidation to hurt, scare and overpower vulnerable students and thus make them stop going to school. Therefore, it is parents’, teachers’, and school administrators’ responsibility to work together to minimize the rate of school truancy.
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