In a pilot project, the robots helped increase child attendance by as much as 21% and increase the number of hours pupils engaged with learning by 42%, according to a report.
Robots could sit in the seats of absent children in school - to allow the pupils to access lessons from a 'safe space', a former children's commissioner has said. Anne Longfield, executive chair of the Centre for Young Lives, said that developing a 'more inclusive' school environment could help tackle the attendance crisis - rather than a 'one-size-fits-all' approach, in a new report. It outlined the potential use of telepresence AV1 robots as one potential strategy.
The report continued: 'As part of their programme, Wirral Emotionally Based School Avoidance Strategy are using the AV1 device, a telepresence robot that enables children to access their education remotely. 'The robot sits in the young person's seat in class, and they access a live stream of the lesson via an electronic tablet in a safe space .
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