The trajectories of Quebec students enrolled in the Work-Oriented Training Path program
The Work-Oriented Training Path program (WOTP) was set up by the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) in 2008 in order to meet the challenges faced by students with social maladjustments or learning difficulties in earning a secondary school diploma. The path is intended to increase youth graduation rates as well as job integration. Considering the issue of graduation among these young people, the importance of this path for socio-professional integration, and the scarcity of studies associated with the WTOP, it appeared worthwhile to investigate the trajectories of 168 students, spread out across seven Quebec secondary schools, by means of a longitudinal study. The study also examined their experience over the course of this training path. The results indicate a mixed appreciation of the WOTP among the students, and significant gaps between certification in pre-work training and in semiskilled trade training.