Nearly Half Northern SK Adults Not Graduating

Nearly Half Northern SK Adults Not Graduating

Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 15:42

Almost half of the adults in northern Canada have not completed high school.

That’s according to the Conference Board of Canada, which says the highest rate not graduating being in Northern Saskatchewan where 49 per cent of adults between 25 and 64 years old have not graduated.

In southern Canada, one in 12 adults have not graduated.

Nunavut has the second highest rate of adults not graduating at 46 per cent, followed by northern Manitoba at 41 per cent.