Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I explained in response to Mr. Henry, the participation rate typically leads the graduation rate by a significant portion of time. What we have found when we have offered grade 10, for instance, in a community where it was never offered before, where we might have expected there would be two, three, or four students carrying on from grade nine to grade 10, we have received not only those two, three, or four students, but another ten who are in the community, who had dropped out of a residential school. The participation rate has gone up significantly. We have received a lot of students back into the system who had already left the system. It will take some time for those graduation numbers to improve. Again, some of them may not complete grade 12, but it does not mean they are not further ahead for having completed grades 10 and 11. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Charles Dent on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 24th, 1997
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