安省教育部近期发布了几项重要新政，内容涉及安省高中生毕业要求更新及必修课程组新政。让我们一起来看看都有哪些重要变化吧：
教育部在2024年5月30日宣布改革安大略省中学毕业文凭（OSSD）要求，以确保学生具备在未来道路上取得成功所需的技能和知识，同时建设一支强化安大略省经济、提升其全球竞争力的技术劳动力队伍。
今天的变化基于我们之前在现代化教育方面的努力，主要包括：
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财务素养(financial literacy)新纳入学生毕业要求
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为学生提供更灵活、更多元的课程选择，同时注重学生STEM技能的提升。
财务素养(financial literacy)纳入毕业要求及九年级EQAO数学评估的标准化
从2025年9月起，作为十年级数学课程的一部分，学生需完成财务素养(financial literacy)内容。学生需要在评估中获得70%以上的成绩才能通过，未通过的学生在十年级数学课程中有一次重考机会。各学校校长需确保未能通过第二次考试的学生获得学分前达到要求，能够深入理解相关概念。
从2024年9月起，对于参与九年级EQAO数学评估的学校，教育部将实行标准化教学评估，将九年级EQAO数学评估结果纳入九年级数学课程的最终评估中，占最终课程成绩的10%至30%。
这些新政策将有利于安大略省的学生在高中毕业后具备相关数理知识和技能，做出明智的财务决策。
必修课程组新政
教育部将必修课程组的数量从三组减少到一组；学生现在需要获得17门必修课程和13门选修课程才能获得安省高中毕业证书。这一新政策为学生在选择选修学分时提供了更多的灵活性，可以更多地选择他们感兴趣的课程和有利于他们进一步接受高等教育的课程。
从2024年9月开始进入九年级的学生，需要从新的必修课程组中获得一学分，其中包括一系列STEM相关课程。这一政策旨在使学生在各种STEM领域，包括技术职业中具有竞争优势。新的STEM相关必修课程组将包括商业研究、计算机研究、合作教育、数学、科学和技术教育。该STEM相关课程组的学分要求是除数学、科学和之前宣布的九年级或十年级必修技术教育学分外的补充。
毕业所需的学分数将保持在30学分，学生在选择选修学分时将继续享有所有部长发布的课程。
原文：
Subject: Modernizing Ontario SecondarySchool Diploma Requirements and Other Supports for Student Success
As announced on May 30, 2024, the Ministry of Education is reforming Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) requirements toensure that students have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in their chosen pathways and continue to build a skilled workforce that strengthens Ontario’s economy and furthers its global competitive advantage.
The changes announced today build on our efforts to-date to modernize education and include:
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Introduction of a new financial literacy graduation requirement.
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Consulting on the life skillsstudents need for future success.
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Revitalization of guidance and career educationto support students’
understanding of local labour market needs and pathways to goodcareers.
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Providing students with more flexibility in the courses they select to
graduate, while maintaining a focus on STEM-related skills.
Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement and Standardizing Use of Grade 9 EQAO Assessment of Mathematics
Starting in September 2025, as part of their Grade 10 Mathematics course, students will be expected to complete a financial literacy graduation requirement developed by TVO, in collaboration with TFO, EQAO, and financial literacy experts. Students will be required to successfully complete this assessment by obtaining a mark of 70% or higher on the assessment component.Those who are unsuccessful will have another opportunity to attempt the assessment in their Grade 10 Mathematics course. Principals are required to ensure that students who are not successful on the second attempt have successfully demonstrated an understanding of the concepts or expectations that they did not previously achieve before being awarding the credit.
For schools that participate in the Grade 9 EQAO Assessment of Mathematics, starting September 2024, the ministry is also standardizing the practice currently used by many teachers of incorporating the results of the EQAO Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics in the final evaluation of the Grade 9 math course, for at least 10% (up to 30%) of the final course mark.
These updates will help ensure that Ontario graduates have the knowledge and skills in numeracy to make informed financial decisions after high school.
Life Skills Consultations
To further support the ministry’s modernization efforts, the ministry will be consulting key stakeholders in the fall, including parents, job creators and educators on what practical life skills students should learn in school to build a strong foundation that sets them up for success. This could include topics like “home economics”, such as nutrition and food preparation, as well as first aid, and tactile activities, such as using hand tools, all of which can prove valuable throughout a student’s lifespan.
These consultations are intended to inform changes that are part of our broader efforts to help students learn foundational life skills and prepare for a life beyond the classroom.
Compulsory Course Groups
The ministry is reducing the number of compulsory course groups from three to one; students will now be required to earn 17 compulsory courses and 13 optional courses to obtain their OSSD. This change means that students have more flexibility in their optional credits to take courses that are of interest to them or help them reach their preferred postsecondary pathway.
Students entering Grade 9 in September 2024 will now be required to earn one credit from the new compulsory course group, which includes a selection of STEM-related courses. This requirement is intended to provide students with a competitive edge in a variety of STEM fields, including in the skilled trades. The new STEM-related compulsory course group will be comprised of Business Studies, Computer Studies, Cooperative Education, Mathematics, Science, and Technological Education. The credit requirement from this STEM-related course group isin addition toother compulsory credit requirements in Mathematics, Science, and the previously announced Grade 9 or 10 compulsory credit in Technological Education.
The required number of credits to graduate will remain the same at 30 credits and students will continue to have access to all Minister-issued curriculum intheir selection of optional credits.
Guidance and Career Education
Building on the need for students to have exposure to high-demand jobs in local labour markets, the government is modernizing guidance and career education through the following actions:
·Revising Ontario’s policy,Creating Pathways to Success (2013) to strengthen career development for students from kindergarten to Grade 12.
·Creatinga new policy/program memorandum for Guidance and Career Education, Grades 7-12, that will identify the components of a modernized guidance and career education program, including the opportunity for guidance counsellors to connect with their local labour market to share the most current information with students.
More information will be available to schools in Fall 2024 regarding these actions.
Making these changes will bolster the government’s efforts to emphasize foundational skills students need for success.
These reforms were informed by feedback received as part of the consultation on Modernizing Education in Fall 2021/Winter 2022 and build on the government’s efforts to-date to modernize education.
Thank you for your help to give Ontario students the opportunity to gain foundational knowledge and skills needed to succeed in work and life.
Sincerely,
Clayton La Touche
Assistant Deputy Minister
Student Support and Field Services Division
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