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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 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 Hall-Dennis Report, officially titled Living and Learning: The Report of the Provincial Committee on Aims and Objectives of Education in the Schools of Ontario, called for broad reforms to Ontario education to empower teachers and the larger community and to put students' needs and dignity at the centre of education.
Recent reports suggest tuition fee increases across all provinces ranging from a low of .3% in Ontario to a high of 5.7% in Alberta due to a provide-wide restructuring of fees. [48] Since the adoption of section 23 of the Constitution Act, 1982 , education in both English and French has been available in most places across Canada (if the ...
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 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 ...
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]
Low-income Canadians are eligible for the Canada Child Tax Benefit (a federal benefit), and provincial child tax credits or benefits and Québec family allowances. For example, Ontario pays a benefit scheduled to grow to $180 per month by 2011 for a family earnings less than $20,000 with two children. [135]