Not one of the 100 families issued with a final warning to pay their outstanding truancy fines or face legal action has complied with the order, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt.

The situation, however, has prompted the government to review the system and move away from punishing parents who may need help.

Last January this newspaper reported that the Attorney General had sent a letter of final notice to 100 families who had repeatedly ignored fines for not sending their children to school. The letter had instructed them to settle their dues or be taken to court.

However, a spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday confirmed that, seven months later, none of the families had complied.

Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.

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