High School Graduates: Graduation Certificate

Vancouver Sun Dept: Of British Columbian residents aged 20 to 24, only 6.2 per cent were defined as "dropouts" in the study released Thursday -- that is, they lacked a graduation certificate and were not enrolled in a high-school program, according to Vancouver Sun. Although the dropout rate has fallen in Canada during the past two decades, there are still troubling trends, says author John Richards, a Simon Fraser University professor and institute scholar. For example, a growing number of males are quitting school -- five for every three females -- and there is a "worrisome lack of educational achievement" among aboriginals, some immigrant groups and rural residents, he says and british Columbia has more young high-school graduates than any other province, according to a study by the C.D. Howe Institute. That compares to a high of 11.7 per cent in Quebec, where francophone males are the group most likely to have dropped out of school, and 11.4 per cent in Manitoba. As reported in the news.
@t c d howe institute, simon fraser university