Pre-primary has been in schools just over a month and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union has concerns.
President Liette Doucet says the province missed the mark on implementing the program.
She says it was meant to be modelled after Ontario’s kindergarten program but many features are missing such as running the program all day, having a teacher in the class and making the program available in every school across Nova Scotia.
NSTU releases position paper on Early Childhood Education and Nova Scotia’s pre-primary program.https://t.co/RPnZH20jhg
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Doucet feels the launch of the program was rushed.
“It helps with them coming in with a solid base starting in primary. We are very supportive of this program. We believe that the program should’ve had some more planning ahead of time.”
Doucet is also concerned principals are responsible for student’s safety but have no say in how the program is run within the school.
“Students in the school could have use of different parts of the building; the gym, the library. But I’m not sure that it’s been coordinated so that they can do those things, and I’m not if that’s something that can be done if the administrator in the building is not responsible for them.”
Government is holding consultations before rolling out the next phases of the program.
Doucet wants to make sure these issues are addressed before that expansion happens.
