Shame of Term Time Holiday Parents Minister's Warning As Shocking Extent of Absenteeism Revealed

Evening Times › December 06, 2005

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ALMOST 140,000 Scots pupils were kept off school by their parents last year to go on a family holiday.

Asnew figures today revealed almost one-in-five schoolchildren went on holiday in term time, Education Minister Peter Peacock urged parents to "think very carefully" before keeping pupils off.

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