Ministry of Education

Delivering early years, child care and publicly funded education from kindergarten to Grade 12.

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Information on education funding grants, collective agreements and other resources.

Develop policy and programs to support child care and early years programs for children and families.
Make sure child care settings are safe and follow the law by funding, licensing and inspecting licensed child care providers.
Fund and provide guidelines for the delivery of core services at EarlyON child and family centres.
Fund and oversee publicly funded elementary and secondary school education.
Develop and publish documents and teaching resources for kindergarten to Grade 12.
Set provincial standards and guidelines for all assessment, evaluation and reporting for all students who attend public or private schools in ��.
Oversee and set policies for the (EQAO), which administers provincial assessments to help improve student learning in reading, writing and math.
Fund and oversee the (TVO), which supports education and lifelong learning through educational communications, programs and curriculum-linked digital resources.
Grant TVO authority to award course credits and the �� Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) through the online (ILC), in English and French.
Set requirements for student diplomas and certificates.
Provide funding to build new schools and expand, retrofit or repair existing schools.
Operate schools for blind, deaf and deafblind students.
Register and inspect private schools that offer credits toward an �� Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).