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important mo55i.age.- .for ,parents.
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Premier outlines new program
of secondary school education
will have better preparation
y THE HON. JOHN P.
ROBARTS
Prime Minister of Ontario
and
Minister of Education
The objectives of the Ontario
Aecoudary schools has always
been to give every pupil the
inaxiMuni education consistent
with his capabilities and his
willingness to achieve—an edu
cation for better living and a
preparation to earn a liveliheod,
Until recently our society
was able to absorb almost
every pupil leaving se11001.
'Slit, now, tecluillogical changes
have made it impossible for a
pupil leaving Grades 9, 10 or 11
without a diploma or a specific
skill to obtain employment with
any degree of security for the
future.
-Traditionally, the secondary
schools have offered one pro-
gram of studies in each Of the
general, commercial and tech-
nical courses leading to the
secondary school graduation
diploma at the end of Grade
12. In the large schools some
further classification or stream-
ing has always been possible
on the basis of options select-
ed by the pupils. Some school
systems are attempting to
operate on a double standard
at the end of Grade 12—one for
diploma purposes and another
for admission to Grade 13.
For some time, the Depar1.
ment has been fully aware that
under the existing program
only 405) of pupils regularly
promoted to Grade 9 graduate
with a diploma from Grade 12.
The present courses of study
providing for entrance to uni-
versities, institutes of technol-
ogy, teachers' colleges, and
nursing schools appear to be
too difficult or unsuitable for
many pupils who intend to
leave school before completing
Grade 12 in order to obtain
positions in business" or Indus-
try. Yet, in any revision of
curriculum, our present stand-
ards for capable students must
be maintained and sufficient
challenge to develop the poten-
tial of all students must be
ensured.
for their life's work by follow.
ing a new four-year program
which will be developed for
each of the branches named
above. This four.year program
will not be restricted by uni•
versity entrance requirements
and as a result will contain a
wider choice of practical op-
tioes m addition to the core
of compulsory academic sub.
jects.
To supplement these two
programs a one (or twoeyear
program in occupational sub-
jects will be provided. This
limited program will be tailor-
ed to meet the needs of pupils
admitted to secondary schools
who have not been regularly
promoted from the elementary
grades but mho must, never-
theless, find a means of rattl-
ing a living in service trades
or occupations.
Before pupils enter Gracie 9,
extensive information vill be
provided for them through care,
ful counselling. The depart-
ment is preparing a brochure
to explain the program 1.0
Parents, educational officials,
teachers and counsellors. The
guidance department, of our
schools will move into a much
closer relationship with pupils
and parents than in the past.
It is our hope and intention
that the advice given will help
the pupil and parent to make
the best possible selection of
any one branch or available
program.
Pupils regularly promoted
from Grade 8 of the element-
ary schools will thus be assist-
ed in choosing the branch of
the secondary school in which
they will enrol, as they do at
present in schools which of-
fer courses alternative to the
general course.
Those who elect the Engin-
eering, Technology and Trades
Branch will devote 20'7- of
their time to shopwork in
Grade 9: those choosing Busi-
ness and Commerce will spend
20% of the time in practical
subjects pertaining to that
field; those choosing the Arts
and Science Branch will use
20,';, of the time for options
It is the opinion of those which may be exploratory in
concerned with secondary edu- nature, Those in any branch
cation that our present general who expect to continue in the
course, and the commercial five-year program and to pro -
and technical courses also, can- seed to higher education will
not • fulfil two functions—name- choose as an option in Grade
ly, the preparation for. higher 9 one language in addition to
education and the training and English. The core of compul-
education of pupils more di- sory subjects will be similar
rectly for employment. To in content in all three branches
meet the need of this large of that grade.
second group of pupils who At the end of Grade 9 suc-
drop out before reaching Grade cessful pupils will choose to
12, necessary changes will be
made in school organization
and subject content. Teachers,
as: well as representatives from
all. other groups concerned with
education, will he consulted.
All of the factors which have
placed Ontario's school system
in the front rank over the
years will be preserved and
augmented by new opportuni-
ties for the advancement of
ambitious students.
The general, commercial and
technical courses as divisions
of the secondary schools are
being renamed as branches:
(1) Arts and Science, (2) Busi-
ness and Commerce, (3) Engin.
eering, Technology and Trades.
A shift in emphasis will be
suggested commencing in Sep-
tember, 1962, whereby the more
capable pupils from all three
branches of a secondary school,
after a five-year program end-
ing in a' common Grade 13,
will be encouraged to proceed
to higher education.
At the same time, the pupils
who plan to leave school before
Grade 13, or who are unable to
cope with Grade 13 subjects,
Comments about
Crediton East
By MRS. W MOTZ
re-ent •
Mrs. Vivian Cliffe and daugh-
ter Marlene of Londen spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
William Motz,
Mrs. Alec Hantilten, Grand
Bend, spent Wednesday with
her mother, Mrs, H. Lewis,
and Eber,
Miss Carol Hendrick, Credi-
ton North, spent Saturday with
her cousin, Margaret flaist,
Mr. and Mrs, Clyde 'rhenip-
son, of Toronto, spent the week.
end with Mr, and Mrs. Sam
Sims.
Mr, and Mrs, Alvin Sims and
family of Sault Ste Marie visit,
ed Saturday with his father and
mother, Mr. and Mts. Sem
Sims, and also visited with
their grandmother, Mrs, Eliza-
beth Baird, who is ill in the
Dearuess Hblue, London,
Mr, Carl Stewart, of the
Royal Canadian Navy and wife,
of Dartmouth, MS., are visit.
ing with his mother and step-
father, Mr. and Mrs. Sain
Sims,
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read this
training This will result in a
milch higher proportion of per.
bona being prepared by the time
they leave school, either to
proceed to more advanced
training or to enter upon solid
careers in business and 111-
thistry.
3. The five-year program In
all three branchesvdll. provide
aecess to higher etical-leg after
Grade 13. Graduates from the
flusiness and Commerce Branch
as well as those from the
Engineering, Technology and
Trades Branch will have 01).
year program will b similam P°rfollities for OoiYersitY ccitt-
in
content and difficulty except cation equalto those from the
that, as in Grade 9, 20% of the Arts and Science Branch,
time on shopwork and 20% of 3, The four-year programWill
the time on commercial sub. permit the averagepupil to
jeets will have their counter- remain inschool profitably, and
Important changes are corn- part in the arts and seienee will provide him with a real
ing in Ontario's secondary branch as additional languages sense of aehtevement and a
school program — changes or other cultural options. In better chance of securing em -
that will affect SHDHS and the four-year program in all ployment upon graduation,
district puklic schools next the three branches, however, The one (or two) -year pro.
September, the courses. commencing in gram will enable pupils of
To help parents and others Grade 10 WM diverge accord- limited ability, who formerly
to understand these changes ing to the vocational needs of dropped out of school early, to
and to prevent misunderstand. the pupils, their aptitudes and obtain an education more suit-
ings, The Times -Advocate has interests. ed to their capacities and, 10
published a number of author. 'Pile new plan is optional and addition, toacquire a service
itative stories on the new by resolution of a board will trade or skill,
program. be introduced in its schools 5. The Business and Com.
gradually over a period of five inerce Branch and the Engin-
years, commencing with Grade eering, Technology and Trades
9 in September 1962 and affect- Branch will gain the prestige
ing one additional higher grade they deserve as more good
in each succeeding year. The pupils proceed through their
courses for Grade 9 in the programs to Grade 13 and to
school year 1961.62 1,11 remain institutions of higher educa-
unchanged, tion. No branch of a school
The new system presents a should have mere than its
blueprint for three alternate share of below-average pupils.
paths which students may fol- 6, Successful pupils will be
low in preparing themselves able to transfer freely from
for rewarding careers. The one branch to another at the
wider selection of courses will end of Grade 9 and may, under
provide for greater flexibility certain conditions, transfer in
and will allow students to ac- higher grades as well without
quire new skills, and to make the loss of a year.
use of their talents and inclina• 7. The plan places emphasis
tions. 0abusiness course for boys
A study of the plan will re -which 0will have sufficient aca-
veal that, where boards
elect desame
content and yet, at the
to institutethe three programs,
the following advantages are same time, will train them
apparent: more directly for employment
ranging from clerical occupa.
1.. The new plan will provide Lions to junior executive posi-
an incentive for more pupils to Lions,
complete their high school 8. In some schools it will be
To augment these, The T -A
now presents a flattened out-
line prepared by the Ontario
minister of education. We sug.
gest this outline is "must"
reading for all parents, par-
ticularly those whose chil-
ciren arc in grade eight or
are approaching the high
school level.
We especially urge parents
to read the list of advant-
ages appearing at the end of
the outline,
THE EDITOR
enter the second year of either
the five-year program or Lite
four-year program on the basis
of their proficiency, aptitude,
and future plans, A 'successful
pupil will be free to transfer
from one branch to another at
the end of Grade 9, Transfers
may be possible, also, with
certain limitations, from branch
to branch or program to pro-
gram after the beginning of
Grade 10.
After Grade 9, the courses in
all three branches of the five -
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