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ABSTRACT African youth are the most critical resource that the continent has in its quest for development and stability. Nevertheless, the rise of popular notions of youth apathy and disinterest require close examination of context-specific youth engagement. Few studies examine youth civic engagement from an African perspective, and researchers have done limited work summarising knowledge on this topic.
The claim last week by National Party leader Christopher Luxon that 100,000 New Zealand schoolchildren were chronically truant quickly turned into an argument about terminology, statistics and how to interpret them. In fact, it appears Luxon was referring a figure from term one this year that showed 101,861 children were “chronically absent”. This means they miss 70% or more half-days of school, but is not the same as being truant.
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