IMHO, here in South Africa, primary and secondary state schools are required by law to maintain a daily register, a primary reason being for fire drill. I know that some schools do a roll call every period to monitor truency.
Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Vine > Sent: 24 October 2005 10:47 > To: Tom Hoffman; Schooltool List > Subject: Re: [schooltool] Day Absence vs. Period Absence > > > > What do > > they do in European primary schools? I bet many > > European secondary > > schools are more like colleges and only keep track > > of if you show up > > for individual classes. > > Here's how it is (or at least was when I was a pupil) > in the UK. > > Primary school (age 5 to 11) you were in one class for > the whole day. The teacher took a register first thing > in the morning, and possibly after lunch too. > > Secondary (age 11 to 16 or 18) each pupil had a > "form", and a "form tutor". First thing each morning > you would go to your "form room" for registration, > general announcements, etc. This sounds a lot like the > US 'home room' period you talk about. I don't recall > registers being taken in the individual classes > throughout the day. > > I left primary school in 1990, and secondary school in > 1997, so it's possible things have changed a little... > > Hope that helps, > Jim > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all > new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Schooltool mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.schooltool.org/mailman/listinfo/schooltool _______________________________________________ Schooltool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.schooltool.org/mailman/listinfo/schooltool
