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September 2011

The September 2011 issue of Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada contains two articles.

"A Profile of Minority-language Students in Canada: Results from the Programme for International Student Assessment, 2009" summarizes the results of the Programme for International Student Assessment 2009 for students in minority-language school systems in the seven provinces that reported data for both their English- and French-language school systems. The minority-language student population consists of Anglophone students in Quebec and Francophone students outside of Quebec.

"Trends in Registered Apprenticeship Training in Canada, 1991 to 2009" examines trends in registered apprenticeship training in Canada over the 1991 to 2009 period, using information from the Registered Apprenticeship Information System. The article focuses on the top four major trade groups in terms of total number of apprentices in 2009. The analysis first looks at trends in the total number of apprenticeship registrations for each of those four major trade groups and then discusses trends in new registrations, completions and discontinuations.

The September 2011 issue of Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, Vol. 8, no. 3 (81-004-X, free), is now available. From the Subject module of our website, click on Education, training and learning, and then Education Matters, under Featured Products on the right.

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