Contrary to popular perception and even that of the central and state government officials, a study finds Indian government school teachers as highly committed and that their absenteeism rate is highly exaggerated.
As per the findings of the research group at the Azim Premji Foundation released in March 2017, absence without reason is not more than 2.5% as against the popular perception of 25%. And the reasons that usually keep teachers out of school are “more to do with systemic issues that often require them to undertake other activities.”
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