Reading and attendance were up in seminary last year, according to this Deseret News story:
- Nearly 80 percent of students in the United States and other countries on a North American school calendar finished the entire Doctrine and Covenants, a 33 percent increase over the previous year’s completion rate.
- 81 percent of students on the North American calendar passed the end-of-semester assessments.
- 77 percent of students met the attendance standard, up from 71 percent in the prior year.
- Overall, 71 percent earned course credit.
The church had nearly 220,000 students in North America and Canada last year. Worldwide, 399,682 students participated in seminary courses.
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