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Letter From Wellington
New Zealand’s truancy crackdown is making me rethink school-time trips to Singapore with my kids
Things are about to change as the country sharpens its focus on improving school attendance.
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Hiking in the French Alps with French grandparents in summer means skipping school for weeks for the Wellington-based writer’s children.
ST PHOTO: ONG HUI FANG
Wellington – For years, I have technically been a rule-breaker in my children’s education.
Every year, I have taken my three children – aged between 11 and 15 – out of school in New Zealand for as long as four weeks at a time to visit family in France and Singapore, always with the school’s knowledge, usually with its blessing, and until recently, without much hesitation.
