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The First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Division which provides direction and leadership for these groups education in Alberta. The System Excellence Division which provides strategic leadership to enhance excellence in teaching and leadership in the education system, and supports the advancement of the ministry's workforce.
Provincial Achievement Tests are standardized tests administered to all Alberta students in grade 6 and 9. The test was also used by the Northwest Territories until 2023. [2] [3] The government of Alberta instituted the examinations through Alberta Education to attain greater accountability and ensure its students were well regarded when applying to tertiary institutions. [4]
Higher education in Alberta may also be referred to as post-secondary or tertiary education. Alberta's oldest university is the University of Alberta in Edmonton. The University of Calgary, once affiliated with the University of Alberta, gained its autonomy in 1966 and is now the second largest university in Alberta.
After a 1990 Supreme Court decision, based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms minority language rights provisions, Alberta established francophone school authorities to allow francophone communities to administer their own schools, and provide French language instruction, wherever numbers warrant.
Pages in category "Ministers of education of Alberta" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
In 1923, the provincial Department of Education established the Alberta Correspondence School Branch. The goal of the school was to provide education to children in remote areas of the province, housebound individuals, and adults interested in pursuing education. [5] Elizabeth Sievwright served as Correspondence School Director from 1923 to ...
Now, the Campus Alberta Planning Resource has become an annual profile of Alberta's advanced education system, published by Alberta Advanced Education and Technology. The latest Campus Alberta Planning Resource was published in 2014. It provides a common source for data on demographics, enrolment, and economic factors that impact demand for ...
The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is the professional association for the teachers of Alberta, Canada. It represents all teachers and teacher administrators in all schools in Alberta's public, separate and francophone school divisions. It also represents teachers in some charter and private schools. There are currently 43,500 members of ...