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, …
Following up on the Expression of Interest opportunity regarding the new provincial School Outreach Teams, the Ministry is pleased to announce that North Vancouver School District has been selected as the host district for this program. These multi-disciplinary teams of specialists, which will be launched using a phased approach starting in fall 2023, will help build the …
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.
The April 2023 assessment session results are now available for the Grade 12 Literacy Assessment (LTE12), Évaluation de littératie de la 12e année – Français langue première (LTP12), and Grade 10 Numeracy and Literacy Assessments (NME10, NMF10, LTE10, and LTP10).
Please be advised that the StudentTranscripts Service (STS) will be offline from Saturday, May 6 at 4:00 pm PST through Sunday, May 7 to support the go-live of the new Graduation Records and Achievement Data (GRAD) system. STS will be back online by or before Monday, May 8.
As previously communicated, a parent brochure was created to support conversations with students, parents/caregivers, and staff regarding the new Indigenous-focused graduation requirement. This brochure has now been translated into six additional languages: French, Farsi, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Tagalog. Please share these translations with the contacts listed below with a request for them …
April 21 is the target date for reporting interim marks to TRAX. Most B.C. public post-secondary institutions, many Alberta universities and colleges, and the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre can retrieve ongoing transcript updates as soon as authorized by the student through the StudentTranscripts Service. Interim data for six B.C. post-secondary institutions and the University of Alberta …
The BC Government, the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills (PSFS), and the Ministry of Children and Family Development recently announced the expansion of financial supports for former youth in care seeking to seeking to further their education and training. Please see Minister Selina Robinson’s statement and this news release for more information.
To implement the new Indigenous-focused graduation requirement, the ministry is introducing a new 2023 graduation program code. More details on data specifications and transition timelines are available in this Grad 2023 information document.
The January 2023 assessment session results are now available for the Grade 12 Literacy Assessment (LTE12), Évaluation de littératie de la 12e année – Français langue première (LTP12), Évaluation de littératie de la 12ᵉ année – Français langue seconde – immersion (LTF12), and Grade 10 numeracy and literacy assessments (NME10, NMF10, LTE10, and LTP10).
