The police have been roped in by the education authorities to try to curb truancy in schools, Times of Malta has learnt. Police Commissioner Michael Cassar was approached by the Education Ministry earlier this year to provide police assistance when handling "difficult parents", government sources said. A memo sent out to police districts, via assistant commissioners, instructed officers to accompany social workers during home visits "to discourage aggressive behaviour often encountered in troubled households". The memo, which followed an agreement reached between the Social Work Service, Education Psycho-Social Services, Student Services Department and the Police Force, forms part of the Education Directorates' strategy to improve school attendance. Police officers have also been instructed to contact uncooperative parents asking them to go over to the police station to discuss and collaborate with the school administration and social workers. The issue of school truancy was highlighted by this newspaper back in 2014 in a report which showed more than one per cent of primary school children were missing more than 40 days of school every year. The Times of Malta had also revealed...
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