Friday, November 15, 2013

Public School Board Wants to Close Graduation Gap

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board says it wants to close the graduation gap between aboriginal and non-aboriginal students.

For the first time, the public school board has separated the two statistics.

Scott Urquhart is the student success for the public school board and says there is about a 20 percent difference in grad rates.

Urquhart says about 75 percent of  their students graduate after four years, but for aboriginal students that figure drops to 55 percent.