Intention to return

The answers to the question "Would you go back to the program?" were revealing. If the "Moved away" categories (a, b, d in Table 16), the “Not reached” (c), and the "Entry to another program" (e) category are subtracted, the number of respondents left is 31. However, of this total, a further 5 respondents from (h) and 0) were either already enrolled (4 persons) or intended to enrol (1 person) in other programs. Of the remaining 26, one respondent indicated that he had borrowed some books and was working on his own between his shift work. That left 25 respondents of whom 22 said they would go back.

Six of the women indicated they would return very soon. One of these had just enrolled before Christmas when festive preparations intervened, but she was very enthusiastic about the program. Four of the other women had been affected by either serious health problems or family problems which had taken them out of B.C., and the sixth woman had had family from Europe staying with her.

Three of the women and three of the men were definitely in the ESI, category and at least two of these may have had some difficulty understanding the questions. However, two of the women said they would go back "later" when they were not so busy with the children. Two other women specifically mentioned daycare as a problem, especially for women with children who are not potty-trained. A free babysitting service on the school site would be appreciated by these women. Two of the ESL men had some difficulty with the question - they said they would go back if there was more emphasis on conversation. One man did not want to commit himself because I may want to go back or go to university," but, if I thought about the classes, I'd go."