The Youth in Transition Survey shows that he most common barrier for dropping out or leaving school was financial – about two-thirds of those reporting facing barriers to going as far in school as they would like cited financial barriers.
The percentages citing financial barriers were similar for post-secondary leavers (71.4%), high school graduates with no post secondary education (70.7%), post-secondary graduates (70.4%), and post-secondary continuers (68.9%).
Campaign 2000 designs and updates this quiz annually to test your knowledge about child and family poverty in Canada. It is aimed as a popular educational tool to raise awareness on poverty issues and learn more about strategies and policies that are needed to reduce and eventually eliminate child and family poverty.
You can download the answer sheet in pdf for your school projects and/or classroom/group discussions.
If you need more info, please contact Liyu Guo at liyugu@familyservicetoronto.org or by phone at 416-595-9230, ext. 244.
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