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The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) (French: Régime d'aide financière aux étudiantes et étudiants de l'Ontario (RAFEO)) is a provincial financial aid program that offers grants and loans to help Ontario students pay for their post-secondary education. OSAP determines the amount of money that a student is eligible to receive by ...
The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO; French: Fédération des enseignants et des enseignantes de l'élémentaire de l'Ontario, FEÉO) [1] is a labour union representing all public elementary school teachers, occasional teachers, and some designated early childhood educators (DECEs) in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Legislation regarding primary and secondary level education in Ontario is outlined in the Education Act. [38] As of 2021, two million children were enrolled as students within the province. [39] Elementary schools teach children enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1–8, while secondary schools teach adolescents
The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services is the ministry in Ontario, Canada responsible for services to children and youth, social services such as welfare, the Ontario Disability Support Program, and community service programs to address homelessness, domestic violence, spousal support, adoption, and assisted housing for people with disabilities.
Ontario student achievement results have had mixed success and failure since the EQAO began. For example, in the five years preceding 2018, grade six student reading scores increased from 79 to 82 per cent of students meeting the provincial standard (up from an all-time low in 1999 of only 48 per cent).
The young adults in low-income households had "almost 50% lower odds of voting than those in high-income households." [47] "Low income was also a predictor of not voting." [48] "You might add the 22.9% (of non-voters) who claimed to be "too busy" to vote" [49] How demographic of young voter turnouts emerging ethnic diversification factor?
The Ministry of Education is the ministry of the Government of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary and secondary schools.
These groups include children, women, disabled persons, single parents, aboriginals, recent immigrants, visible minorities and rural communities. [8] For instance, in 2006 57% of First Nations children lived in low-income families compared to 21% of the non-aboriginal children. [9] Low-income rate for lone-parents is twice that of others. [8]