Full-day prekindergarten and kindergarten programs coming to Saskatoon schools
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Saskatoon Public Schools offering full-day kindergarten and prekindergarten programs this fall
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Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor has found room for improvement in supports for early learners.
In her 2021 report, released Tuesday, Auditor Judy Ferguson looked at two areas of early childhood education.
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“Initiatives to help early learners are critical given the percentage of kindergarten students in Saskatchewan’s publicly funded schools assessed as ‘ready for learning’ is well below the provincial goal of 90 per cent,” Ferguson said.
The provincial average is 79 per cent, even lower for self-declared First Nations, Metis and Inuit kindergarten students, which were at 56 per cent in 2019-20.