Education
Education in the Greater Toronto Area is currently managed by the provincial Ministry of Education (Ontario), who manages preschool, elementary and secondary education, while the provincial Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is responsible for administration of laws relating to postsecondary education and skills training. There are currently 12 school boards located in the GTA, each region operating a secular English school board and English Catholic school board. The entire GTA is also under the jurisdiction of a secular French school board and a French Catholic school board. The Peel Region's Catholic school board also holds jurisdiction over Dufferin County, which is outside of the GTA.
| School boards in the Greater Toronto Area | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Durham Region | Halton Region | Peel Region | City of Toronto | York Region | ||
| English Secular | Durham District School Board | Halton District School Board | Peel District School Board | Toronto District School Board | York Region District School Board | ||
| English Catholic | Durham Catholic District School Board | Halton Catholic District School Board | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board | Toronto Catholic District School Board | York Catholic District School Board | ||
| French Secular | Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest | ||||||
| French Catholic | Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud | ||||||
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“The Supreme Court would have pleased me more if they had concerned themselves about enforcing the compulsory education provisions for Negroes in the South as is done for white children. The next ten years would be better spent in appointing truant officers and looking after conditions in the homes from which the children come. Use to the limit what we already have.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)
“What education is to the individual man, revelation is to the human race. Education is revelation coming to the individual man, and revelation is education that has come, and is still coming to the human race.”
—Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781)
“Whatever may be our just grievances in the southern states, it is fitting that we acknowledge that, considering their poverty and past relationship to the Negro race, they have done remarkably well for the cause of education among us. That the whole South should commit itself to the principle that the colored people have a right to be educated is an immense acquisition to the cause of popular education.”
—Fannie Barrier Williams (1855–1944)