March 22 – More Ontario high school students are graduating.
Last year, 79 per cent of Ontario students graduated with a high school diploma. Since 2003-04, increases in the graduation rate have resulted in over 52,500 more young Ontarians earning a high school diploma.
The Ontario government has been working hard since 2003 to increase graduation rates through a number of initiatives such as specialist high skills majors, expanded co-op and dual credits.
Higher graduation rates are part of the province's new Open Ontario Plan, which is about creating jobs and opportunities for more Ontarians and building a well-educated workforce. Working with students, teachers and parents, the government has reduced class sizes, raised test scores and created thousands of new spaces in colleges, universities and apprenticeships.