Helping Students Prepare For Life After High School

June 16, 2011 11:30 AM

McGuinty Government Helping Students Turn Their Passion Into A Career

More than 9,000 students at 37 high schools across the province will be getting extra help in the classroom to learn about the benefits of postsecondary education and choose a career.

Starting this fall, the new Life After High School program will help Grade 12 students and their families:

better understand college, university and apprenticeship options;
navigate the application process for OSAP; and
overcome barriers that may discourage students from applying to college, university or apprenticeship.

Helping more students graduate high school and get a postsecondary education or training is part of the McGuinty government's plan to help every student succeed and build a knowledge-based economy for the future.

Quick Facts

Ontario is investing more than $2.2 million over three years in Life After High School. This includes paying for participants' university or college application fee.
The project will be piloted from September 2011 to May 2012 in 37 schools. View a list of all 37 schools.
The 2011 Budget - Turning The Corner announced support that will help create places for more than 60,000 additional students in Ontario's colleges and universities by 2015-16.
The high school graduation rate has risen from 68 per cent in 2003 to 81 per cent in 2010, an increase of 13 percentage points.

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Contacts

Annette Phillips
Minister's Office
416-326-5748
annette.phillips@nullontario.ca
Media Line
Communications Branch
416-325-2746
david.raymont@nullontario.ca
For public inquiries call
416-325-2929 or 1-800-387-5514
nullTTY 1-800-263-2892

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
ontario.ca/postsecondary