The province is expanding child care support as COVID-19 public health measures tighten in Prince Edward Island. “As we move through this next stage of the pandemic, we recognize that some families are choosing to keep their children home from early years centers to help decrease...
Education, Early Learning and Culture Minister Doug Currie, MLA for District 11 Charlottetown-Parkdale, today announced he is leaving provincial politics after 11 years of elected public service. As an MLA, Minister Currie served in five ministerial roles, providing leadership in...
Business for the Arts, Canada’s only national charitable organization with a mandate to strengthen the arts and culture sectors across Canada by building partnerships between the private and cultural sectors, announced today that its artsVest program expands coast to coast...
The Early Childhood Coaching team provides support to licensed Early Learning and Child Care Centres. The team works with directors and educators to support ongoing growth and learning in relation to the Early Learning Framework (ELF) and the Assessment for Quality Improvement...
Works by self-published authors who are not residents of PEI will be evaluated with the selection criteria identified in the Public Library Service’s Collections Policy. If purchased, these materials will be added to the standard fiction or non-fiction collections. To support...
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...
The PEI Public Library Service has added assistive technology to its Library of Things collection to help make reading more accessible for everyone. The new technology includes C-Pens - portable scanning pens that read printed text out loud using an embedded camera, real-time...
The province is investing $790,000 to provide free school supplies for the 2022-23 school year to all students in kindergarten to Grade 9 in the public-school system. “The back-to-school season can be a stressful and expensive time for many families. Providing free school...
More than 2,000 Islanders have made their voices heard since the province’s cultural strategy consultations launched last spring. “Thank you to all Islanders who participated in the cultural strategy consultations – your perspective on culture is valued and needed in order to...
Your child’s education, safety and well-being is important to the teachers and staff of your child's school as well as to all those in the public school system of PEI. Staying in touch, asking questions and heading off issues before they become big problems are ways to build...