DEFINITION OF TRUANCY

Truancy is any intentional unauthorized absence from compulsory schooling. The term typically describes absences caused by students of their own free will, and usually does not refer to legitimate "excused" absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. The term's exact meaning differs from school to school, and is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures.
It may also refer to students who attend school but do not go to classes.
Beyond the effect that missed schooling may have on a student's educational attainment, truancy may indicate more deeply embedded problems with the student, the education system, or both. Truancy is commonly associated with juvenile delinquency. In some schools, truancy may result in an ineligibility to graduate or to receive credit for class attended, until the time lost
to truancy is made up through a combination of detention, fines, or summer school.



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HI guys ..i'm zainab bt ibrahim from eureka group!..recently i'm studying in ukm ..doing my degree in literature in english...well i guess my friend Eliza already mentioned in the introduction that why we created this blog..:) anywayzs lets talk about truancy now..do u guys know what is truancy...u'll know right..? those who don't know you can read the definition above...i believe after reading it u'll can atleast get a rough ideas abt truancy.. i got this definition from wikipedia...its explain abt what is truancy ..nowadays as we all can see that truancy has become one of the biggest social problem among school students..many students can be seen hanging around with their friends in malls, cinema, cyber cafe during school hours..well..im quite confused as i dont knw whom to blame exactly..i believe there are many reasons behind a student play truant.some kids they play truant may be they don't like the subject or the teacher ..i say this as i used to play truant even during my school time because i didnt like the teacher..the teacher did not teach most of the time n if she teach also i could not understand what she was teaching so i thought better i just skip the class than get scolded from the teacher if i could not answer her questions ..:D but i just hang around in school only like in canteen or sumthing..i noticed few times..even i felt this way before that some teachers like to give more importance to their "pet students" ...hmm!! may b this also can be a reason for student play truant!!...however there another definition i found in this websitehttp://www.pacwcbt.pitt.edu/Curriculum/202%20Truancy%20Prevention%20Intervention/Handouts/HO%202%20Definition%20of%20Truancy.pdf that truancy can be define as students from age 8 to 17 skip classes without any valid excuses for three or more days. there are exceptional for 16 years old students because normally they are employed when school is in session,and they holds an employment certificate. but this is only for certain countries like America