Ontario law would deny licences to dropouts
A teaser:
High school dropouts in Ontario will be prevented from getting a driver's licence under new provincial legislation aimed at keeping kids in school until graduation or the age of 18.
Officials hope the legislation will help cut the province's current 30 per cent dropout rate (45,000 students) in half by 2010.
The focus of the plan is to give students more relevant, hands-on courses along with co-op and apprenticeship opportunities, Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said Tuesday.
"You really have to combine this with a program," Kennedy said of the new law. "This is a made-in-Ontario solution and we're just saying that this combination of things is what will make students successful in this province." [/end of teaser]
One hand this sounds reasonable but on the other hand, forcing someone to attend school when they do not want to be there is not very productive either.
A teaser:
High school dropouts in Ontario will be prevented from getting a driver's licence under new provincial legislation aimed at keeping kids in school until graduation or the age of 18.
Officials hope the legislation will help cut the province's current 30 per cent dropout rate (45,000 students) in half by 2010.
The focus of the plan is to give students more relevant, hands-on courses along with co-op and apprenticeship opportunities, Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said Tuesday.
"You really have to combine this with a program," Kennedy said of the new law. "This is a made-in-Ontario solution and we're just saying that this combination of things is what will make students successful in this province." [/end of teaser]
One hand this sounds reasonable but on the other hand, forcing someone to attend school when they do not want to be there is not very productive either.