Future-Ready Students

Putting students first means supporting their engagement, mental health and attendance at school to build skills that will serve them throughout life.

How we will get there:

• Build on the enhanced mental health programming introduced during the pandemic in partnership with the new department of Mental Health, Wellness and Recovery.
• Create a Student Advisory Council to bring youth insight and advice to the Minister of Education.
• Establish a task force to examine links between poverty and education in connection to the Poverty Reduction Strategy and support strategies to improve outcomes for all students.
• Develop a system to respond to the root causes of chronic absenteeism, working with intersectoral partners, parents and caregivers.
• Introduce consistent early years assessments, focusing on children entering kindergarten and students who have experienced disrupted learning, to prevent children from falling behind in the early years.
• Ensure successful transitions to post-secondary education and working careers through new credit programs, technical-vocational learning experiences and expanded apprenticeship programs.
• Launch a provincial online high school and a provincial remote learning strategy using lessons learned during the pandemic to enhance access to programming across the province.