{"id":62362,"date":"2025-12-05T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=62362"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:29:50","slug":"new-gender-options-in-myeducation-bc-pen-web-edx","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/new-gender-options-in-myeducation-bc-pen-web-edx\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gender Options in MyEducation BC, PEN Web &amp; EDX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2025-12-05\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday December 05 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">New Gender Options in MyEducation BC, PEN Web &amp; EDX<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MyEducation BC, the provincial student information system, has been updated to support the recognition of students\u2019 gender diversity. Two data collection systems have also been updated: PEN Web, used for student registration and PEN assignment, and the Education Data Exchange (EDX), used for submitting 1701 enrolment data, now include two additional gender options (U &amp; X).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>System users can now identify a student\u2019s gender using the following fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Man\/boy \u2013 M<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woman\/girl \u2013 F<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prefer not to answer\/Unknown \u2013 U<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-binary person \u2013 X<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about PEN, please contact the Data Management Unit at <a href=\"mailto:Data.Management@gov.bc.ca\">Data.Management@gov.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any additional questions about MyEducation BC, please contact the Student Information Team at <a href=\"mailto:myedbc@gov.bc.ca\">myedbc@gov.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For schools with students in grades 10 to 12, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/808\/2025\/11\/Genders-X-and-U-and-TRAX-data.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">additional, important information about TRAX reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyEducation BC, the provincial student information system, has been updated to support the recognition of students\u2019 gender diversity. 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