Aboriginal Students

aboriginal students: In Winnipeg, one out of every four kids starting school this fall will be aboriginal, and that number is expected to grow. At the same time, fewer than half of aboriginal students are expected to graduate. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. By the numbers Community School Investigators students surround program founder Strini Reddy centre . CSI offers students five weeks of summer learning so they don't fall behind when school starts in September. Photo Store Manitoba's aboriginal population is booming, and unless there is major change, so will the number of school dropouts who are more likely to be jobless, poor, have kids in care and abuse substances, experts say. To counter this, some are calling for an aboriginal school division. Others say only a long, intensive dose of caring will cure a wound that's festered for generations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.