Concerns raised after data shows more Quebec students are missing school [Video]

There are concerns about absenteeism in Quebec schools as it seems a growing number of students just aren’t showing up for class.

According to La Presse, the education ministry’s statistics show that in the first week of April,

9.5 per cent of students in public elementary and secondary schools were absent — almost as many as during the pandemic.

“The fact that children are missing school goes together with motivation, goes together with mental health issues,” Katherine Korakakis, president of the English Parents’ Committee Association, told CTV News.

In January, the association conducted a survey on students’ well-being and quality of life and received responses from 14,000 parents.

“The top things that we saw was motivation and mental health being a very key factor that parents were identifying,” Korakakis said.

Public health experts who worked on the survey calculated what they call “quality of life.” They say a score of …