text: i am doing an assignment on attendence levels on idigenous children. why can't we get our kids to school?   getting and keeping children in school is a complex family and community commitment.  factor that affect this commitment are the parents level of education, family's dependence on government assistance, fathers amount, type and attitude to work, mothers attitude to work and influence of father on mother. whether alcohol consummation is a factor. finally is the attitude of the family to government school.  like all children, their level of commitment is a product of the influence as a role model provided by each parent and the direct/indirect influence the parent has on the sibling.  then you look at the average country school and you see other factors that could affect attendance. the teaching staff needs to be looked at. do they want to be in a country school and what factors influenced the decision to be in a country school.even subtle factors as the teachers attitude to reconciliation could influence indigenous attendance.   then in the classroom is the ratio of white to indigenous students, what effect the peer group(s) of white students is/are, what the effect the peer group(s) of indigenous student is is/are, amount and type of bullying and that could be present in the school.  then there is the peer group the child could be associating with out of school. is petrol sniffing or other anti=social activities going on in the group and school achievement by other members of the peer group.  what i've described is broad and coarse look at factors that influence the child and there are bound to some i've missed. each factor should be looked at and an analysis of negative and positive aspects need to be drawn up then how we all can overcome the negative ones.  wish you luck on the assignment