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3 year, 155 days in total: Concurrently Minister of Colleges and Universities & Minister of Skills Development Marion Boyd: October 1, 1990: October 15, 1991: 1 year, 14 days NDP : Tony Silipo: October 15, 1991: February 3, 1993: 1 year, 111 days: Minister of Education and Training ; Dave Cooke: February 3, 1993: June 26, 1995: 2 years, 143 days
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 in grades 9–12.
From 1989 to 2003, secondary education in Ontario formally included a fifth year (intended for students preparing for post-secondary education), known as the Ontario Academic Credit (age 18 by 31 December). Prior to 1989 Ontario secondary schools included Grade 13 (leading to the Secondary School Honours Graduation Diploma).
The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario in Canada. It was legislated into creation [ 1 ] in 1996 in response to recommendations made by the Royal Commission on Learning in February 1995.
Starting in the 2017–18 school year, these changes increased the proportion of financial aid in the form of grants, and completely covered the cost of average tuition for families earning less than $50,000 per year. [2] [3] In 2019, the Ontario government announced cuts to OSAP in conjunction with a 10 percent reduction in post-secondary ...
The Ontario education system had a final fifth year of secondary education, known as Grade 13 from 1921 to 1988; grade 13 was replaced by OAC for students starting high school (grade 9) in 1984. OAC continued to act as a fifth year of secondary education until it was phased out in 2003. [1]
In Grade 9 and 10 (years 1 and 2, respectively), a student must complete 16 credits in total, 8 each year. In Grade 11 and 12 (Year 3 and 4, respectively), one must complete the 14 remaining credits, with no less than 6 attempted credits each year in accordance with compulsory education law. In total, 30 credits must be achieved.
In C. M. Beach (Ed.), A challenge for higher education in Ontario (pp. 7 – 26). Kingston, ON: John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy. Snowdon, K. (2005). Assessing the revenue framework and multi-year planning in the Rae Report. In C. M. Beach (Ed.), A challenge for higher education in Ontario (pp. 27 – 72). Kingston, ON ...