In Focus: PIAAC in Canada

What is the role of education in developing literacy and numeracy skills in the territories? [...] Developing the knowledge and mastering the skills required to participate in our society depend The population in the territories is comparatively young. [...] Aboriginal people make up a large proportion of the population of the territories: over 80 per cent of the population of Nunavut, about half of the population of Northwest Territories, and about 20 per cent of the 2 IN FOCUS: PIAAC IN CANADA Table 1 – Contextual statistics for the territories Northwest Median age of population Yukon Nunavut Territories Median age in years 39.1 32.3 24.1 Source: Ca [...] Descriptive analyses of the variations across the three territories, whereas the same is not true in literacy and numeracy skills between Aboriginal among Aboriginal populations: for example, the average people and non-Aboriginal people, as well as between numeracy score of Aboriginal people in Yukon is about individuals with different levels of education, offer initial 37 points higher than it is [...] The results of the regression analysis point to education In addition, the results from the regression analysis as the key to developing literacy and numeracy skills (Table 2) indicate that even when education and other (Table 2).