CAUSE AND EFFECT OF SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM IN CHILDREN

Regular school attendance is an important factor in the child's success.The issue of absenteeism is complex, and covers a wide range of behaviours, including chronic absenteeism, school refusal and truancy. Absenteeism has major impact on learning.Thereis extreme paucity of literature comprehensively assessing the child and factors leading to school absenteeism and how absenteeism affects academic achievement has not yet been elucidated. This study was done to find the various medical and non-medical causes responsible for school absenteeism and to see the various effects of school absenteeism on the child.

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Esta investigación recibió el premio Dr. James Flett Endowment Award - Medalla de oro de la Academia India de Pediatría. Está escrito por la Dra. Preena Uppal, MD Pediatría, la Dra. Premila Paul, MD Profesora Asociada de Pediatría, Safdarjang Hospital y VMMCollege y el Dr. V. Sreenivas MSc, PhD. FRSS (Reino Unido), profesor adicional de bioestadística, AIIMS.

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Regular school attendance is an important factor in the child's success.The issue of absenteeism is complex, and covers a wide range of behaviours, including chronic absenteeism, school refusal and truancy. Absenteeism has major impact on learning.Thereis extreme paucity of literature comprehensively assessing the child and factors leading to school absenteeism and how absenteeism affects academic achievement has not yet been elucidated. This study was done to find the various medical and non-medical causes responsible for school absenteeism and to see the various effects of school absenteeism on the child.