Education - 1998
September, October, November, December
January
January 6
Atlantic
Provinces Education Foundation - Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
January 14
Minister
comments on withdrawal of services by support staff in School District No.8
January 19
Minister
available to meet media - January 19
Minister calls for more air quality testing in
schools
February
February 6
Focus
groups to take place on new common religious education curriculum
February 25
Air quality testing programs in schools
March
March 17
Note
to Editors: Minister to hold news conference today
Government reinvests teacher salary savings
March 19
Provincial Information and Library
Resources Board - Tentative collective agreement reached
March 26
Government announces creation of
Newfoundland and Labrador Investment Corporation
Government creates a $4 million Post Secondary
Awards Program
Government eases the tax burden for businesses
Backgrounder - Implementation of the Canning
Report
April
April 27
Ministerial
Statement - Release of Comprehensive Report on Post-Secondary Education
May
May 4
New
school for Norman Bay
May 6
Ministerial Statement - Air quality
testing in schools
May 14
Ministerial Statement - School repair and
maintenance
Ministerial Statement - Public consultations
on literacy to be held in province
Public consultations on literacy
May 20
Minister encourages public to
SKIP-A-LUNCH
May 21
Ministerial Statement - School building
and property acquisitions
May 27
Ministerial Statement - Third National
Forum on Education
May 28
Provincial High School Enterprise Olympic
competition
May 29
Ministerial Statement - Interim Agreement
on church owned school property
June
June 9
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, June 9
Subject: Air quality in schools
Air quality testing reports being released
June 10
School District #2 selected for pilot
project on teacher allocation and program delivery
June 17
Additional funding announced for repairs
and maintenance
June 18
Minister comments on teachers' acceptance
of contract proposal
July
July 8
Additional
capital funding for College of the North Atlantic
July 16
June 1998 senior high school results
July 29
Provincial government high school
scholarship winners for 1998
July 30
Dr. Phil Warren conducting independent
consultations on private college legislation
NOTE TO EDITORS: Back To School program to
present bursaries, July 30
Back To School program presents bursaries
August
August 10
Moratorium
on registration of new private colleges
August 14
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, August
14, Subject: Career Academy
Minister reacts to closure of Career Academy
August 18
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, August
18, Subject: Career Academy
Government releases update for students
August 19
Notice of scheduled meetings for Career
Academy students
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, August 19,
Subject: Career Academy
Government announces update for Career Academy
students
August 20
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, August
20, Subject: Career Academy
Information Update - Career Academy students
August 21
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, August
21, Subject: Career Academy
Minister guarantees placements for all
displaced students of Career Academy
August 22
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, August
22, Subject: Career Academy
Government makes decision on potential
investor's proposal
August 25
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, August
25, Subject: Career Academy
Government announces status of Career Academy
student placements
August 27
Placements finalized for all students of
Career Academy
September
September 8
Minister
comments on education reform process
September 14
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference,
September 14, Subject: Student assistants
Department working with boards of education
regarding provision of student assistants
September 16
Committee to find new mechanism for
allocating student assistant hours
September 17
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference,
September 18, Subject: Student assistants
September 18
Student assistant allocations to be
finalized today
October
October 7
NOTE
TO EDITORS: Grant for Dunfield Park Community Centre
October 14
Results of study on 1995 and 1996 high
school graduates
October 15
NOTE TO EDITORS: Launch of new
educational project
November
November 19
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference,
November 19, Subject: Report on private training in Newfoundland
and Labrador
Ministerial Statement - Review of Private
Training and Institutions Act and Regulations - Interim report
November 23
Ministerial Statement - Post-secondary
awards program
December
December 7
Programs
first to receive new apprenticeship accreditation from government
December 11
Ministerial Statement - Private Training
Legislation
December 18
School capital construction projects
December 21
Education reform is working - Government
re-investing savings
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