NSW students kept home from next week 'will be marked absent', minister warns

Students at NSW public schools will return to classroom teaching full-time from Monday, with coronavirus fears not considered a fair excuse to skip school.

NSW Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell speaks to the media during a press conference in Sydney, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Source: AAP

The NSW education minister has warned any children kept home from school due to their parents' coronavirus fears will from next week be chalked up as unexplained absences.

NSW public schools will on Monday return to the classroom full-time, two months after COVID-19 restrictions forced around 800,000 children to study remotely.

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