Børns Vilkår calls the rise in school absenteeism »alarming« and says municipalities aren’t doing enough. KL pushes back, arguing the problems are complex.
Across the country, there are elementary school students with such high absenteeism that they miss over 50 days of school. This amounts to a quarter of the school year.
And the trend is worsening. In 2010/2011, 1.4 percent of students had more than 50 days of absenteeism. By 2023/2024, this figure had risen to 2.6 percent, according to new data from Børns Vilkår based on figures from Statistics Denmark.
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