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Education
February 17, 2011

Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training
Report on Key Literacy Initiatives

Specific achievements, such as the renewal of Grades 7, 8 and 9 English language arts curriculum, standards of practice for educational leaders, new curriculum for Grades 3 and 4 social studies, and the adult literacy campaign, are the major highlights contained in the Progress Report on Literacy 2010, released today by the Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training (CAMET).

The report also includes key regional and provincial literacy initiatives undertaken to support and improve literacy, in the four Atlantic provinces, in the areas of early childhood, public, and adult and post-secondary education. The Progress Report on Literacy 2010 follows Literacy: Key to Learning and Path to Prosperity – An Action Plan for Atlantic Canada, 2009-2014, and represents the ministers’ commitment to report publicly on regional and provincial literacy initiatives. Major highlights contained in the report include the following:

The Progress Report on Literacy 2010 can also be downloaded at www.camet-camef.ca.

The Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training (CAMET) is an agency of the Council of Atlantic Premiers (CAP) and its purpose is to enhance cooperation in public (entry – Grade 12) and post-secondary education in Atlantic Canada by working together to improve learning, optimize efficiencies, and bring added value to provincial initiatives.

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Media contacts:

Valerie Kilfoil
NB Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
506-444-4919
 
Chrissy Matheson
NS Department of Education
902-424-8307
Johanne LeBlanc
Ministère de l’Éducation et du Développement
de la petite enfance du N.B.
506-444-4714
 
Karen Stone
NS Department of Labour and Advanced Education
902-424-2107
Lori-Jean Wallace
NB Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour
506-453-2039
 
Judy Munro
NS Department of Labour and Advanced Education
902-424-0011
Heather May
NL Department of Education
709-729-0048
Maureen Flanagan-LeClair
PEI Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
902-368-3514
 
Ron Ryder
PEI Department of Innovation and Advanced Learning
902-620-3774
 

2011 02 17             3:30 p.m.

 
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