Certainly. Having been a teacher in the north for many years, I can tell you there is a high dropout rate in the years before grade 10. As they mature a bit and they want to come back, they usually challenge the high school program and come in at grade 10. I've taught in classrooms where I had 70 kids standing up with their backs to the wall. We usually lost them by the end of September or shortly thereafter.
They represent a great opportunity. If you look at some of the European training models, you see that not everybody is university-bound. If there are opportunities for colleges and technical training, losing that group represents a huge loss to the community. So having some kind of program to keep those adult students who are challenging a grade 10 high school program is critical.