Education - 2000
January, February
, March, April, May,
June,
July, August, September, October, November,
December
January 19
Annual
re-application not required for many special needs students
January 26
Department has not cancelled Criterion
Reference Testing
February 2
Minister
says air quality issues are being addressed
Minister on side with post-secondary students
February 18
Tender awarded for Belanger Memorial School
March 1
Report of
Ministerial on Delivery of Education Panel delayed
March 3
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to hold news
conference, March 3, St. John's
Government announces $1 million for provincial libraries
Education Week, March 5-11
March 7
New industrial training office in Burin
$10,000 for Skills Canada
March 8
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, March 8, St.
John's, Subject: Funding for school boards
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, March 9, St.
John's, Subject: School Children�s Food Foundation
Additional funding for school boards
March 9
Funding announced for School Meal Programs
March 10
Newfoundland Student Loans Program will be
uninterrupted
March 14
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, March 15,
Subject: Funding for the College of the North Atlantic, Media Centre
March 15
Funding for College of North Atlantic
Health Sciences Programs
March 21
Ministerial Statement - Funding for graphing
technology in senior high schools
March 22
Significant investment in post-secondary
education
Government adding back in excess of 300 teachers
in September 2000
School board grant budgets maintained - despite
enrolment decline and school closures
New money for infrastructure - air quality, roofs,
windows
$1.5 million for Language Arts, Math, Religious
Education
$1 million for course in Newfoundland and Labrador
history
Additional funding for professional development
Backgrounders
$725,000 investment in graphing technology for
senior high schools
Funding for school meal programs
$1 million for provincial libraries
$6.5 million for College of the North Atlantic
Health Sciences Programs
March 23
Ministerial Statement - Skip-a-lunch day
March 28
Ministerial Statement - Additional $25,000 for
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
April 5
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, April 5, St.
John's Subject: Ministerial Panel on Delivery of Education in Classroom
Ministerial Panel on Delivery of
Education in the Classroom report released
Ministerial Statement - Ministerial panel
report released
April 10
Ministerial Statement - Read-In 2000 and
Library Week 2000
May 9
Ministerial
Statement - Community access centres
May 11
Minister announces Lester B. Pearson Scholarship
winner
Ministerial Statement - Tutoring for Tuition
May 17
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, May 17,
Subject: Development of cutting-edge technology
Government, industry launch Curriculum
Information System
May 18
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, May 18,
Subject: Strategic Literacy Plan
Government releases strategic Literacy Plan
Honourary chair appointed for Literacy Endowment Fund
May 23
New entrepreneurship resource launched for
students
June 2
National
test results for Newfoundland and Labrador science students
July 19
Minister
releases June 2000 high school exam results
July 28
Minister announces scholarship winners
August 1
Minister announces
student loan agreement
August 25
Minister disappointed with board�s approach
August 28
New chair and governors appointed to college
board of governors
August 31
Student Aid hours extended
September
September 1
Premier
appoints acting Minister of Education
September 7
Minister celebrates International Literacy Day
September 8
Department launches contest for International
Literacy Day
Department clarifies information on air
quality at St. Thomas of Villanova
September 11
Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation - Publication
of specific learning outcomes for mathematics - Version
fran�aise
September 20
School fees - what parents should know
October
October 3
Minister announces literacy funding
October 4
World Teachers� Day, October 5
October 5
Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation: Atlantic
Ministers of Education focus on reading literacy
- Version fran�aise
October 13
Testing program announced for this school year
October 16
Minister proclaims National Students Against
Impaired Driving Day
November
November 21
NOTE TO
EDITORS: News conference, November 22, St. John's, Subject: School to be awarded national accreditation of an IT program
November 22
Minister congratulates local IT school: First
private college program in country to receive national accreditation
November 23
Commonwealth education ministers attend
workshop, November 23-25, St. John's
December
December 11
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, December 12,
St. John's, Subject: Marine transportation programs
December 12
Funding announced to increase intake of
students in Marine Engineering and Nautical Science programs
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