Western Standard - December 05, 2023


Over 1,200 new teachers hired

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Length

45 seconds

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175.78

Word count

134

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10


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In this episode, the Honourable Minister of Education, Ms. Kelly, answers a question from the Speaker of the Ontario Assembly about the lack of qualified teachers and educational assistants in the province's four metro school divisions and what the government is doing to fill these vacancies.

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00:00:00.000 Can the same minister share what the government is doing to help increase the number of qualified teachers and assistants to fill these vacant but funded positions?
00:00:08.080 The Honourable Minister of Education.
00:00:11.780 Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. A very important question.
00:00:13.880 I'm very happy to be able to stand and report to the Assembly today that as the new school year gets underway,
00:00:20.220 we've collected some additional information from our four metro school divisions.
00:00:24.300 Our four metro school divisions are reporting over 1,200 new teachers hired into the system,
00:00:30.660 over 450 additional educational assistants hired into the system, and over 94 other certified staff.
00:00:37.600 That's just our four metro school divisions.
00:00:40.360 Mr. Speaker, of course, across the rest of the province, those numbers will be higher, but we're continuing to work with them.