Competition is stiff as university deadline looms
Posted Jan 12, 2010 04:25:17 AM.
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The deadline for university applications is Wednesday and Ontario high school graduates are facing stiffer competition to get into high-demand college and university programs.
The squeeze is due to the number of laid off workers vying for post secondary spots, some of whom are getting financial help from the province’s Second Career Program. However, Minister of Training Colleges and Universities, John Milloy tells 570 News, the crunch should not be blamed on the program. He says it has provided the institutions with additional funding to allow them to take on more students.
Milloy says the higher interest in post secondary programs is good news. He says there are about 100,000 more students in colleges and universities since the McGuinty liberals took office.
Milloy says the ministry wants to make sure all qualified students get a chance to go to college or university. He says there are going to be cases with high demand programs where some students will be disappointed, but he says the province wants to work with institutions to get more students into classrooms.
