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Fishing-related tasks blamed for growing truancy in Port Victoria

A number of school-going children around Port Victoria in Budalang’i have resorted to fishing to sustain their livelihoods, at the expense of their education.

Fishing is the main economic here, and from the way they have embraced it, school comes second, and things might not change soon.

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