High school graduation rates up for B.C.'s Indigenous, special needs students

The B.C. education ministry says high school completion rates across the province are on the rise and the greatest gains are among Indigenous students and people with special needs.

The ministry says 65.9 per cent of Indigenous students were completing high school within six years, according to data from the latest school year.

That marks a 2.1-per-cent increase over the previous year and a 19-per-cent increase from a decade ago.

The overall graduation rate in the province is 84 per