Dropout rate remains at 2.4 per cent
The percentage of students dropping out of New Brunswick public schools remains at 2.4 per cent, Education Minister Kelly Lamrock announced, releasing the 2006-07 Education Dropout Statistics Report.
"While we are pleased that there has been no increase in the dropout rate in the past year, we must do more to engage our students and help them develop a passion for learning," Lamrock said. "In our education plan, When kids come first, we have committed to a number of initiatives to engage students and help them find something that motivates them."
The dropout rate in anglophone schools was 2.5 per cent, while francophone schools reported a dropout rate of 2.4 per cent.
A total of 57,161 students were enrolled in grades 7 to 12 for the 2006-07 school year. During that period, 1,389 students left school and didn't return the following September.
Personal problems were cited as the reason for dropping out of school by 72.2 per cent of students. Another 10.5 per cent left school because of academic problems, and 13.2 per cent dropped out to take a job.
By gender, the dropout rate for boys was 2.8 per cent, and 2.0 per cent for girls. There were 34 dropouts in grades 7-8, a total of 518 in grades 9-10 and 837 in grades 11-12.
The Education Dropout Statistics Report is based on information provided by all New Brunswick public schools with students in Grade 7 or higher.
The 2006-07 Education Dropout Statistics Report may be viewed online.
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I fear that their sibling will have to be bored out of his skull for grade 1 instead of getting the engagement that Minister Lamrock says he should have.