As school boards across the province struggle to staff classrooms, Mohawk College has suspended its two-year educational support diploma program due to low enrollment.
With just nine students registered for fall 2023 — down from 59 in 2021 — the program was canceled for the 2023-24 year. For years, there has been a steady decline, spokesperson Bill Steinburg said in an email.
At the same time, enrolment in Mohawk’s continuing education courses in the sector have seen increases in recent years, reaching a four-year high of 505 students in winter 2023. But enrollment has fluctuated in recent years, showing no…
Mamu Tshishkutamashutau Innu Education marked a new record this year after decades of work.
It’s celebrating 34 graduates from Innu Nation this Spring — a record for the division after formally taking over education in Innu lands in 2009.
When the churches and provincial government ran the education system from the late 1960s to 2008, said Mamu Tshishkutamashutau CEO Kanani Davis, there were fewer graduates over that entire time period than there were this year alone.
“The number of graduates was 30 students in our schools in both communities. So for us to get more than 30 students in one…
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The Canadian PressPosted June 23, 2023 4:28 pm
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Increase article font sizeAll students from kindergarten to Grade 9 in British Columbia public schools will now be assessed with a proficiency scale instead of letter grades.A statement from the Education Ministry says that starting in the 2023-24 school year, only students in Grades 10, 11 and 12 will receive letter grades and percentages so post-secondary entry requirements are met.
About half of BC’s students have already been getting the new progress reports in a pilot program through a curriculum modernization plan that…
Cursive is making a comeback.
Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce said it is about more than just teaching students how to sign their own name.
“The research has been very clear that cursive writing is a critical life skill in helping young people to express more substantively, to think more critically, and ultimately, to express more authentically,” he said in an interview.
“That’s what we’re trying to do, to create a very…
Some 13 million high school graduates across China are nervously awaiting a test result that will determine the rest of their lives.
The gaokao – a combination of the words “college” and “exam” – is regarded as one of the most important events in the life of any Chinese student. The exam consists of three mandatory subjects: Mandarin, English and maths, with optional subjects including physics, history and politics. Depending on the subject, participants spend between one and two and a half hours completing essays, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank type questions.
They will have spent 12 years preparing for the…
Education Minister Dustin Duncan has ordered his ministry to review documents pertaining to the youth curriculum, and plans to direct school boards to suspend any upcoming presentations with Planned Parenthood Regina.
He announced the directives Thursday afternoon after being made aware that a Grade 9 student picked up graphic sex ed material left behind by Planned Parenthood after members of the organization presented it to their health class.
“The material in question — as Minister of Education, frankly as a parent — is completely inappropriate to be in a classroom,” Duncan told reporters Thursday.
“We want to make sure that…
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Less than half (47%) of children and teenagers aged seven to 17 have received a meaningful financial education, according to a Government-backed body.
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) estimates from its findings that around 5.4 million children across the UK do not have the money skills they will need in adulthood.
Children living in social housing, rural areas and in lower income households were found to be less likely to receive a meaningful financial education.
And children with parents or carers with mental health conditions tend to be less likely to receive a meaningful financial education than the UK…