High School Dropouts in Canada

This paper will discuss teenage dropouts in Canada, areas where the dropouts come from, gender of the students, age, and any other information that is viable reasons to quit school before graduation. This paper will also include several surveys and accurate findings done by Canadian schools and officials.
According to the Human Resources Development of Canada it is hard to keep up with the labor market with all the education and training required that without the completion of high school a decent job is hard to find. This is a competitive economy dominated by technology and advanced skills making it difficult for people to obtain a basic standard of living without an education (2002, para, 3).
Currently, 137,000 Canadian youth fail to complete their basic education (para. 4). Males represent the greater proportion of 14% while female dropouts average 9.2%. Still, dropout rates have declined from 18 % in 1991 to 11.4 % in 1999 (para. 3).
“Without a solid learning foundation,...