Ontario schools “may be falling behind” when it comes to preparing students for the future, a new report from People For Education finds.
, titled “Roadmaps and roadblocks: Career and life planning guidance, and streaming in Ontario’s schools,” found that while there has a been a “sizeable increase” in the number of guidance counsellors over the last year, only about 23 per cent of Ontario elementary schools have guidance counsellors and the “vast majority” are part-time.
In addition to a lack of guidance counsellor support, People For Education found that transitioning from applied to academic programs isn’t always a simple process for students. The TDSB said recent data suggests that about 88 per cent of its students in academic programs graduate from secondary school while only about 59 per cent of students in applied programs graduate.
“When we first started asking about implementing the Creating Pathways policy, principals reported a number of challenges, including a lack of professional development, limited time in the school day, and a lack of technical support for the online components of the policy,” the report read. The report states that to improve student outcomes, the provincial government should “develop a coherent strategy” that integrates “foundational competencies for long-term success” for students from kindergarten to Grade 12.
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