The percentage of women with an apprenticeship certificate in the Windsor region has dropped by more than five per cent over the past five years, but the public school board has a plan to bring that number back up. Angela Ciarlariello-Bondy has been working as a teacher consultant for the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) at the Greater Essex County District School Board. She said there's an effort to make the program more "girl friendly." Angela Ciarlariello-Bondy said there's an effort to make the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program more "girl friendly." They might not be interested in sitting in the classroom so they like being out and about learning different things."

Source: CBC News November 29, 2017 22:18 UTC