A Course Equivalency and Challenge quick reference guide is now available to support school TRAX data submissions. Correctly reporting a course equivalency or challenge ensures student transcripts are complete and accurate.
The Ministry of Education and Child Care awards 13,500 scholarships to eligible graduating students annually. Please review the program summary and use this Scholarships Program infographic to help start the conversation with students, parents, and staff about this opportunity. More information can be found on the BC Achievement, District/Authority, BC Excellence, or Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship web …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care is seeking expressions of interest from school districts to advance new or existing career sampler programming and resources targeting in-demand, public sector health care occupations. These programs or resources must target Grade 8-12 students and showcase a range of public health care occupations. Please see this background document for more …
The Provincial Tuition Waiver Program is available to former youth in care studying full- or part-time at the undergraduate level at a BC public post-secondary institution, the Native Education College, or one of 10 union trades training institutes. Effective August 1st, program changes will include removing the age criteria, expanding eligibility, and introducing a new annual $3,500 …
B.C. secondary school students and recent graduates will soon have access to paid work placements through the new Youth in Manufacturing Initiative. Starting in fall 2023, this initiative will provide funding for as many as 500 youth work placements in many of B.C.’s diverse manufacturing industries. In addition to paid work experience and industry-recognized training, …
The program guides for Work Experience (WEX) and Youth Work in Trades (WRK) have been updated to reflect important policy changes and clarifications related to Work Experience programming, and the current names of the Ministry of Education and Child Care and SkilledTradesBC. Both guides have also been translated into French. More details on these changes are available in this attachment.
As part of the provincial Health Human Resources Strategy, the Health Career Dual Credit Expansion Project provides grants totaling $50,000 or $100,000 to help school districts and their partner post-secondary institutions develop or expand dual credit programs that are focused on health careers aligned with regional workforce demands. Please submit an expression of interest questionnaire …
WorkBC.ca has added nine new Career Trek videos to its collection. These videos feature diverse British Columbians describing their job duties, education, key skills and more. Visit WorkBC’s Career Trek web page to see these and more than 170 other career videos.
Together with the BCPVPA, the Ministry and FNESC will be hosting a webinar about the new graduation requirement on Tuesday, May 30 at 3:45 pm PST via Zoom. This information session is open to principals, vice-principals, school counsellors and other district or school staff involved with student programming. Please register to receive a Zoom link …
Grants of $25,000, plus per course funding comparable to current rates, are available to help school districts administer early childhood education dual credit programs with post-secondary partners in the 2024 and 2025 calendar years. Districts are invited to review and submit an expression of interest questionnaire by May 5 to be considered as a potential …
