The Ministry of Education has set the format for a long-awaited consultation process on what changes are needed in education.
It’s using three platforms parents and groups can access to provide their feedback to the ministry.
One format calls for interested parties to provide their feedback by completing a survey.
Click here for information on how to access the survey.
Participants need to register for the survey by submitting their email address and once that’s done they receive an email linking them to the survey.
Since the ministry expects a large number of people to go the survey route, it says it may take up to 48 hours for participants to receive the survey link once they have registered.
The second platform is using a submission form online provide by the ministry.
If using this platform, click here for the form and then fill out the questions.
The third way people can provide input is through a town hall telephone consultation.
The ministry encourages people choosing this platform to register early because space is limited and registrations will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis.
To register, you’ll need to tell the ministry what part of Ontario you live in, give your name and email address.
The email is so the ministry can send you the notification of when the phone consultation takes place.
It’s expected participants would get the notification about the start of the town hall phone consultation a day before the event.
The email contact method would also be used to let you know if the phone consultation is cancelled.
The ministry says the town hall phone consultation will last 90 minutes.
Click here to take you to the registration site.
The education ministry is looking for input in several areas including creating a new age appropriate health and physical education program that takes into account mental health, sex education and the legalization of cannabis.
The Ministry also wants to improve student performance in the sciences, technology, engineering and math.
It also wants to improve provincial standardized testing and wants to develop the first-ever Parents’ Bill of Rights.
