The goal for education in the province should be at least a 90 per cent high school graduation rate.
The Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative points out in the disadvantaged or priority neighbourhoods around town, that figure is as low as 50 per cent.
The chair of the Anti-Poverty Initiative Tom Gribbons education should be starting very early before children even start school and they should be reading by grade 3 or risk falling behind.
One key element is finding how to keep students interested in learning when they get into high school. That’s when they ten to be disengaged.
Gribbons says the PALS programme and mentorship by university students have proven to be very successful ways of getting students engaged in learning.
