MARKHAM – Ontario can offer better jobs for young people if we sharpen our schools’ focus on skills like literacy, numeracy and science to prepare our kids for the real world, PC Leader Tim Hudak said today.
Hudak made the comments during a community discussion of his education-focused Paths to Prosperity discussion paper, Preparing Students for the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century. He was joined by PC Candidates Vic Gupta (Richmond Hill), Shan Thayaparan (Markham-Unionville) and Farid Wassef (Oak Ridges-Markham).
“It’s a belief shared around the world, and a lesson my own teacher parents taught me,” Hudak said. “Do well in school and you’re more likely to do well in life. Our focus must be on a quality education, and the knowledge our kids will need like math, science and financial literacy.”
But union bosses want to reduce teachers from professionals to workers on a 1950s-era assembly line, Hudak added. “Our teaching professionals aren’t being left with many decisions to make – not even how they spend their own time.
“That’s why we propose steps to ensure teachers who want to volunteer for after-school activities can do so free from union intimidation. It’s why we have called for the full scope of a teacher’s duties to be written into law – such as marking papers, preparing report cards, parent-teacher interviews and remedial work with students.” [மேலும் செய்திகளை வாசிக்க]