Youth climate strikers in Edinburgh, Scotland, will be give permission to take part in protests for one authorised school day per year
Youth climate strikers are to be given permission to take part in protests for one authorised school day per year.
However, officials warned that"potential for adverse risk to children who are absent and unsupervised is high and runs counter to child protection and raising attainment."A report said"almost all head teachers were not in support of children's absence being authorised" by councillors as it had"devalued the hard work they had undertaken in working with parents who did not value good attendance at school".
"The educational value of taking part in these events is massive. It's building a society that we want to see. We will keep doing them until we see change."Image captionLorna Sweeney, the council's schools and lifelong learning senior manager, said:"Fundamentally, we have to make sure the children attend.
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