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A 2017 study from Statistics Canada showed that, among men over the age of 24, the median annual pay of apprenticeship holders is $72,955 per year, which is 7% more than they would have received with a typical college diploma. Among women, the figure is $38,230, which is actually 12% less than if they had started work straight out of high school.
As of 2022, 89 percent of adults aged 25 to 64 have earned the equivalent of a high-school degree, compared to an OECD average of 75 percent. [28] The mandatory education age ranges between 5–7 to 16–18 years, [32] contributing to an adult literacy rate of 99 percent. [33] Just over 60,000 children are homeschooled in the country as of 2016.
For example, an English department in a high school could develop a media literacy presentation for the grade 9 culminating activity worth 10% of the students' final grade. The other 20% of the students' grade will be demonstrated with a written examination responding and applying a literary analysis to a sight-passage.
In September 2013, the Government of Ontario introduced a 34-credit threshold (30 credits is necessary to receive the Ontario Secondary School Diploma), [note 1] in an effort to limit the length of study for its secondary school students. [6] The Government of Ontario estimates the credit cap would save the province C$22 million each year. [7]
The provincial secondary school literacy requirement can be met through passing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test with a score of 75.0% or above. If one fails the Literacy Test, they must rewrite the test the following school year, or complete the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OLC 3O or 4O) in grade 11 or 12.
Academic grading in Canada varies by province, level of education (e.g., elementary, secondary, tertiary), by institution, and faculty. The following are commonly used conversions from percentage grades to letter grades.
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Tuition limited school attendance to the wealthy, which could be argued to be the basis of private school tuition in Canada. Upper Canada College (UCC) is one of the best known private secondary schools in Canada. This is because the school has managed to continue educating Canada's social and economic elite, due to rising tuition costs. [19]