Reasons behind truancy

A survey of more than 2,000 students found that more than 80 percent often play truant. There is even a website for students to compare notes on cutting classes.

By avoiding classes, the students are not only wasting the money their parents pay for their tuition, they are also failing to treasure the opportunity to acquire knowledge.

But the problem is not just on the part of students, as some of them say they skip classes because the lessons are boring and they fall asleep if they have to attend such classes.