What is Dropping out?
'''Dropping out''' means leaving [[school]]. Reasons students drop out include because they must work, for social reasons, because of harassment, because of illness or because they no longer trust the school system that they are leaving. Unlike failing or expulsion, dropping out is the student's decision and not the school's. ==Canada== In [[Canada]], most students [[graduation|graduate]] from grade 12 by age 18. It was found by the Labour Force Survey (LFS) that by 2009, one in twelve 20-to-24 year old adults in Canada did not have a [[diploma]] from [[high school]] (Gilmore, 2010).<ref>{{cite web|title=The High School Dropout Rate is 'Ten Times Higher' than What Canadians Expected|publisher=Kitchener Today|url=https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-news/high-school-dropout-rate-ten-times-higher-than-what-canadians-expect-pathways-to-education-2030623|access-date=July 23, 2021}}</ref> The study also showed that males had higher dropout rates than females.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Gap in Achievements Between Boys and Girls|publisher=Education Matters|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/81-004-x/200410/7423-eng.htm|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128225334/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/81-004-x/200410/7423-eng.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other people with stronger risks for dropping out were those outside [[urban area|urban]]/[[suburb]]an areas or in the northern territories. Beginning from 1990 the Canadian dropout rates went down from 20% (1990) to around 9% (2010). From 2010 and after, however, the rate did not drop across Canada. When females drop out of high school, they get less money, the economic costs are greater and they have higher rates of [[unemployment]] than male dropouts. Female high school dropouts are more likely to rely on public support programs than male dropouts.<ref>{{cite web|title=High School Dropouts|publisher=National Women's Law Center|url=https://nwlc.org/press-releases/high-school-dropouts-problem-girls-