A Harrow mom is speaking out for what she says is the public school board’s failure to handle her seven-year-old son’s education and medical needs.
Jessica McCoy says Harrow Public School limited her son’s access to class time and hasn’t accommodated his health concerns in a timely manner.
McCoy’s issues with the school went back to February last year. At that time, she said her son, who was in senior kindergarten, was only allowed to attend school for one hour a day. She was told it was because Jack was misbehaving.
However, Ontario’s Education Act says that a school board…
The Ministry of Education on Wednesday named 17 regional student advocates who will assist their national counterpart, Jean-François Bernier.
The education ministry announced in a press release that the chosen individuals would “handle all complaints from students and parents, including those concerning bullying, violence and sexual abuse against students attending an educational institution.”
“With the National Student Ombudsman and the regional ombudsmen, our government has taken an important step to better protect all students in Quebec, both in the public and private sectors,” said Education Minister Bernard Drainville in a press release.
“This change will ensure a uniform process for…
Quebec Muslim groups are taking the provincial government to court over its recently enacted prayer room ban in public schools, arguing that the order is discriminatory and violates the Charter rights to freedom of religion and association.
Five Muslim organizations filed their case this week in Quebec Superior Court, seeking a judicial review of the ban and to have it declared unconstitutional. The groups are also seeking a judgment on how secularism and the notion of religious neutrality are interpreted by the government.
“The plaintiffs request that a declaratory judgment concerning the interpretation to be given to the principles of…
Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville is facing fierce criticism for comments he made about the relative worth of teachers’ work in a video interview Monday with the editorial team at Le Devoir.
Political columnist Michel David asked Drainville about negotiations with the province’s teachers, who have been offered a nine per cent increase over five years.
David asked why teachers shouldn’t be paid as much as they are in Ontario or elsewhere in Canada, given that the Coalition Avenir Québec government has tabled a bill to grant MNAs a 30 per cent raise, which would make them the highest-paid members…
Education funding has been a highly debated topic in Saskatchewan, and one school division took the time to fact-check the province’s claims, addressing their repeated message of “record funding.”
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) sent a message to parents and caregivers saying they’ve been reviewing the provincial funding since it was announced in March.
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“Our initial optimism faded when faced with the reality that school divisions in Saskatchewan—and therefore the students and families we serve—would not benefit from the province’s good financial fortune,” read the letter.
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The Sierra Leone government should prioritize the views and experiences of girls to advance its education reforms, Human Rights Watch and Purposeful said in a report released today. Despite the government’s important progress on access to education for girls, many girls who are pregnant, living in poverty, or in rural areas remain at risk of exclusion from school.
On April 24, 2023, Sierra Leone’s parliament enacted the Basic and Senior Secondary Education Act, 2023, which incorporated some elements of its groundbreaking 2021 National Policy on Radical Inclusion in Schools. The policy explicitly acknowledges that pregnant girls, young mothers and other…
More students will have access to in-demand programs as 3,000 more technology-relevant spaces become available in the public post-secondary education system.
Spaces will cover a range of areas, including cybersecurity, software engineering, data science, life sciences, creative tech, clean tech and agritech.
The new student spaces are possible through a provincial three-year investment of $74.7 million. The spaces and supporting investment are included in the StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan, which is working to accelerate talent development and skills training to address workforce challenges across all sectors and throughout BC
“We’re facing an enormous challenge – our economy is changing,…
BELGRADE, Serbia –
Serbia’s education minister submitted his resignation Sunday following two mass shootings, one of them at a primary school, left 17 people dead, while the European country’s government urged citizens to turn in all unregistered weapons or run the risk of a prison sentence.
Education Minister Branko Ruzic is the first Serbian official to resign over the shootings despite widespread calls for more senior officials to step down in the wake of the back-to-back bloodshed. Ruzic cited the “catastrophic tragedy that has engulfed our country” in explaining his decision.
Soon after the attack at the school in Belgrade,…