Adult education

Part 3 concludes that adult education programs that are responsive to the needs of young adults facing multiple barriers to high-school graduation are essential to reducing the risk of high unemployment and low earnings that contribute to poverty. [...] In 2011, the unemployment rate of Canadians with less than high school was double that of high- 2 school graduates, and four times as high as for those with a university degree. [...] Table E.3.1, Unemployment rates of population aged 15 and over, by educational attainment, Canada, 1990 to 2011; x/2012001/tbl/tble3.1-eng.htm What appears to be worsening is the unemployment rate for those with less than high school relative to all levels of education. [...] Chart 1 graphs the unemployment rate for individuals with less than high school and the average unemployment rate (all levels of education) between 2000 and 2011 (Statistics Canada, 2012a). [...] The unemployment rate for Aboriginals with less than high school (22.5%) was considerably higher than for all Canadians with less than high school (15.4%), and three times as high as the national unemployment rate (7.5%).