In order to assist students in developing the math and reading skills and knowledge necessary for success in the workplace, the government of Ontario is investing more than $180 million in specialized home and classroom supports. This venture will uphold almost 1000 additional teachers to assist understudies with fostering these significant abilities.
Minister of Education Stephen Lecce stated, “We are getting back to the basics because that’s what matters most when it comes to students’ skills with reading, writing, and math.” I am pleased to announce Ontario’s plan to improve literacy and math skills in order to improve education, employment, and student outcomes. Our performance will improve as a result of this strategy, which will also convey the following message throughout the province: From the classroom to the workplace, we will do a better job of developing the skills your child will need to succeed. Ontario’s arrangement will assist with guaranteeing understudies graduate with an upper hand that will lead them to a decent paying position, a home and an existence of chance.”
Ontario is putting more than $71 million out of 2023-24 in another number related plan, upheld by the as of late presented modernized numerical educational program that commands monetary proficiency and coding in each grade.
The region’s arrangement to help math abilities will:
- Support more than 300 educators to support student learning in math
- Double the number of school math coaches in classrooms to provide direct support to teachers and students
- Introduce one math lead per board to spearhead math curriculum implementation and standardize training, and provide additional supports for math coaches in the classrooms
- Expand access to digital math tools that students and parents can access anytime
- Continue live teacher-led virtual tutoring services focused on math
- Enhance skills of new teachers through dedicated training and covering costs of additional math qualification courses to enhance math fluency and competency.
To additional help understudies confronting difficulties with math, the public authority is sending Math Activity Groups to educational committees or schools to increase expectations, preparing and understudy results. Teams will collaborate with school boards to identify and suggest specific, evidence-based approaches to increase Ontario students’ math achievement.
To assist more youthful understudies with building more grounded understanding abilities, the territory is putting $109 million of every 2023-24 to help proficiency rates, which will:
- Introduce new, Canada-leading, early reading screening requirements for all students in Year 2 of Kindergarten to Grade 2, along with a standardized and fully funded screening tool and training for educators, to ensure students receive the necessary foundational skills and early interventions in reading that are critical to future success
- Fund additional specialist teachers who can work one-on-one or in small groups to help students who need additional support in reading
- Invest in almost 700 educators to support development and excellence in literacy for Ontario students
- Introduce an overhauled language curriculum in September of 2023 with an emphasis on ensuring students at an early age can master basic literacy.
“This speculation is an interest in our children’s prospects. The Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education, Patrice Barnes, stated, “Setting our children up for success in the long run will set them up for strong, life-long skills in important areas like reading, writing, and math.” I am proud that this government gives our children the chance to succeed today, tomorrow, and in jobs of the future.
These initiatives complement previous actions, such as the 2020 introduction of a revised math curriculum that returns to the fundamentals; de-streaming of science and math in 9th grade; the reintroduction of merit-based teacher hiring and a one-of-a-kind, publicly funded tutoring program meant to equip students with tried-and-true learning methods.
