Education and training in Canada / Prepared by Keith Newton et al. : EC22-188/1992E
If current trends continue, an additional one million illiterate young people will enter the workforce by the year 2000. This report, released by the Economic Council of Canada, explains why, despite a $40 billion learning system, Canada has a 30 per cent drop-out rate, students are mediocre in math and science relative to their international counterparts, and serious inequalities exist in learning opportunities among the provinces. Graphs. Tables.
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| Department/Agency | Economic Council of Canada. |
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| Title | Education and training in Canada / Prepared by Keith Newton et al. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Paper |
| Other formats | Electronic-[English] |
| Note(s) | "This report is the companion piece to A Lot to Learn, a Statement on Education, published in April 1992 by the Economic Council of Canada. The research underlying the two reports is the same; the main difference is that the details of the research are reported here."--Verso of title page. Contents: Introduction.--The issue of quality.--The learning continuum.--The economics of the teaching profession.--The cost and funding of education.--Education and training: an international perspective.--Conclusions and policy recommendations. Published by Canada Communication Group. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa - Ontario : Economic Council of Canada 1992. |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Description | 144p. : figs., graphs, references, tables ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN | 0-660-14681-9 |
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| Subject terms | Education Training |
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