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Federal, provincial and territorial ministers most responsible for early learning and child care meet to drive progress on a draft workforce strategy and discuss the long-term sustainability of their Canada-wide system partnership
2024-11-29
Federal, provincial and territorial ministers* most responsible for early learning and child care gathered today in Charlottetown to advance shared priorities. The meeting was co-chaired by the Honourable Jenna Sudds, Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the...
Kindergarten registration opens for the 2025-26 school year
2024-11-12
Island parents and guardians can now register their child at their local school for kindergarten.
Any child turning five years old by December 31 the same year they are to begin kindergarten is eligible to be enrolled at their local English or French public school. For any parent or guardian...
Community input needed for upcoming school calendar planning
2024-10-21
Island residents are invited to share their input on the upcoming school calendar for 2025-26.
The school calendar outlines key dates for the upcoming year, including when classes are in session, teacher training days, parent-teacher interviews, and school holidays. Every school calendar...
Major funding for École François-Buote and the Carrefour de l’Isle-Saint-Jean
2024-09-20
Investing in community infrastructure is essential to ensuring the development of official-language minority communities and their cultural, social and economic vitality.
Today, Sean Casey, Member of Parliament (Charlottetown), and the Honourable Natalie Jameson, PEI Minister of Education and...
More supports available in Island schools
2024-08-28
Island students and schools will benefit from additional teachers and support staff in the upcoming school year.
Beginning this fall, over 120 new hires will be joining the Island school systems, including 66 new instructional positions and 51 new educational assistant positions. Eighteen of the...
New funding available for before and after school programs
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/new-funding-available-for-before-and-after-school-programs
2024-08-27
Licensed school-age child care centres will be able to access new funding to help them deliver before and after school programming for Island children.
To ensure Island families can continue to access affordable child care programming, the Province is investing $537,900 to support operational...
Program continues to increase the number of early childhood educators on PEI
2024-08-05
The Steps to Success program will be offered again this fall, providing financial aid and experience to help Islanders pursue a rewarding career as an early childhood educator.
This group-based training initiative is funded by the Department of Workforce, Advanced Learning and Population through...
Families can borrow Yoto Audio Players at PEI public libraries
2024-07-22
For parents trying to encourage their children to keep up with their reading over the school break, or families wondering how their kids will stay entertained in the car during summer road trips, the PEI Public Library Service has just the thing!
Yoto Audio Players have been added to their...
PEI’s Department of Education updates cell phone use policy
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/peis-department-of-education-updates-cell-phone-use-policy
2024-07-16
The Province announced today a new ministerial directive on restricting cell phone use in Island schools following national trends and the feedback heard from Island educators.
To enhance student focus and to create more conducive learning environments, the updated policy will prohibit the use of...
The PEI Public Library Service extends hours of French service libraries
2024-07-08
Island residents can now visit French service libraries more often with new extended hours this summer.
The PEI Public Library Service is extending operating hours at all three French service libraries effective July 9, 2024. These new hours will impact Bibliothèque publique d'Abram-Village,...