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The union representing teachers in Nova Scotia (NSTU) is lashing out over the provinces decision to send most students back to class on Wednesday. Pre.
HALIFAX Nova Scotia health officials announced the province s COVID-19 reopening plan on Friday, which involves a five-phase process. “Our phased plan will allow us to safely enjoy summer with public health measures in place while we work at getting most of our population fully vaccinated,” said Premier Iain Rankin. “Then we should be able to further ease restrictions in the fall and ease in to a new normal of living with COVID-19.” The province says each of the phases, which are expected to last between two to four weeks long, depends on COVID-19 activity in the province, public health and testing capacity, hospitalizations and vaccination rates.
Education officials in the Halifax area are downplaying concerns by the teachers' union that staffing plans for September amount to cuts, reassuring educators there will be no change to services for students.
Increased Funding and Supports for Students, Op-ed
NOTE: The following is an op-ed from Derek Mombourquette, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
Over the last few days, there have been reports about school staffing for next September that are not accurate and I want to correct the record:
no teacher is losing their job; in fact, there will be at least 70 new teachers hired
across the province, more than 260 new school staff – psychologists, education assistants, guidance counsellors, autism support staff and more – are being hired to support students in the classroom
overall, the provincial education budget will rise by $112 million, including $15 million more for inclusive education