Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The number that carry on to post-secondary studies will take some time to be provided to this committee. In response to the Member's first part of the question, the participation rate is a measure of how many eligible students are attending school. So, in 1991, we had just over 40 percent of those who should be in school attending school. In this year, we have over 80 percent of those who are of school age actually attending school. The graduation rate will not automatically increase because you have to remember that a number of students will have come back into the system in Grades 10 and 11 and will not yet have achieved graduation. So, there will be a lag of two or three years behind the increase in the participation rate to the graduation rate.
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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