Key takeaways:
- The changes are anticipated to result in the 2023-24 school year.
- BC secondary school students in BC will be needed to complete Indigenous-focused coursework ere graduation.
Indigenous-focused coursework to be completed by BC students:
All secondary school students in BC will be needed to finish Indigenous-focused coursework ere graduation, according to the region’s Ministry of Education.
The change, which seeks to deepen students’ knowledge of the Indigenous public, is anticipated to result in the 2023-24 school year.
Under the suggested approach, students will complete the requirement by completing four credits via new Indigenous-focused courses such as Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12 and BC. First Peoples 12. It will apply to all students in BC.
Public, independent, and offshore academies. According to the ministry, BC is Canada’s first region or jurisdiction to enforce this provision.
“The curriculum is there, and we have a number of the systems already there,” Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside revealed CBC’s On The Coast on Monday. “It’s a matter of getting more structure and more intentionality to assuring that all students have admission to these courses.”
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Whiteside said the ministry is dedicated to reconciliation and cited Justice Murray Sinclair, ex-chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, who said: “Education got us into this chaos, and education will get us out of it.”
Tyrone McNeil, president of the First Nations Education Steering Committee, stated the committee has been functioning hand in hand with the Education Ministry to make the curriculum.
He says the new condition will help Indigenous and non-Indigenous students also.
“When our children see themselves mirrored in the curriculum, it’s going to give them faith,” he said. “It’s also going to educate and advise others. It’s a win-win.”
The region undertook an online public engagement form regarding the provision on Monday.
Source – cbc.ca
