The rate of truancy in the town of Totana is slightly higher in secondary education, with 2.16%;
respect to primary education, which is 0.53%, and in the latter statistic, 81% are students of Roma, according to sources from the Department of Education.
In any case, the average truancy in Totana amounts to 1.1%, a figure well below the regional average which stands at 26% and national reaches 23%, respectively.
The Municipal Commission of Totana School Truancy is the municipal body responsible for controlling and managing truancy rates, in collaboration with the teaching staff of schools in the municipality and own local police and parents.
The fact that absenteeism in Totana is at such low figures, due to the work being done by the Department of Education for years, intensive control work and interventions of teachers of schools, as well as awareness of the families about the importance of training their children.
The Municipal Truancy Commission proposed before the end of the last school year to establish a line of work to act on the group of Roma since the submitted data shows that this index is the most present in the municipality.
With these actions it is to reduce more if possible the number of children prematurely have behaviors that cause not completed studies Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO).
