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Education Minister Zach Churchill says today’s announcement about increased supports for students this fall is just the beginning.
He says they come from recommendations of the Dr. Avis Glaze report and from the Commission on Inclusive Education.
Churchill says parent navigators, speech and language pathologists and school psychologists will be among those supports.
He tells Acadia News that come September, students will be supported by 190 new inclusive education specialists.
Those include child and youth care practitioners, education assistants, and autism teacher specialists.
“57 high school teachers will be at schools in rural communities, that’s because of a $8.6-million investment by the Council to Improve Classroom Conditions.”
Churchill says since 2013, the department has created 1000 new teaching positions, helping achieve the lowest student-teacher ratio in the Nova Scotia’s history.
“We’re actually starting to see achievement levels increase, particularly in the areas of literacy. That’s not to say the work is over, we have a lot of work to do on our education system but each year we’re going to put more supports in there and work on the challenges that we know exist.”
Churchill says the Pre-Primary Program will expand to another 130 classrooms in 87 more schools across the province.
More Supports for Students and Children this September https://t.co/tYSU1loegP Plus d’aide pour les élèves et les enfants en septembre https://t.co/Ja3jygXEjn
— Nova Scotia Gov. (@nsgov) June 27, 2018
