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Attendance

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

/əˈtendəns/nounCore term

In education & teaching, attendance means: Being present at school or in class, or the record of how often a student has been present; schools track it every day.

In Turkish: devam, yoklama, derse katılım

How it is used

Teachers take attendance (US) or take the register (UK) at the start of the day or lesson. Schools monitor attendance and contact parents when it is low. Good attendance and attendance rate are common phrases in reports.

Example sentences

  1. Please take attendance in the first five minutes and enter it in the system.

  2. His attendance dropped sharply after the winter break, so we called his parents.

Common collocations

  • take attendance
  • attendance record
  • attendance rate
  • poor attendance
  • monitor attendance
  • timetableA plan that shows which lessons happen at which times on each day of the week, for a class, a teacher or a whole school.
  • homeroom teacherThe teacher responsible for a particular class or group, who takes attendance, shares school news and looks after the students' general progress and well-being.
  • semesterOne of the two main parts into which a school or university year is divided, each usually lasting about four or five months.
  • principalThe person in charge of a school, responsible for its staff, students, budget and day-to-day running.

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