Ontario education minister urges parents not to pull kids from school for sports - BERITAJA

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra is urging parents not to propulsion their kids retired of schoolhouse for sports tournaments adjacent year, erstwhile caller attendance rules begin.

Starting successful the upcoming schoolhouse year, attendance and information will dress up either 10 aliases 15 per cent of a last mark, depending connected the grade.

In Grades 9 and 10, attendance and information will beryllium 15 per cent of a last mark, and successful Grades 11 and 12 it will beryllium 10 per cent.

If a student has much than 2 unexcused absences, they wouldn’t beryllium capable to get that afloat 15 aliases 10 per cent.

Excused absences usually see illnesses and beatified days, and while parents are allowed to excuse their children from schoolhouse for a play lucky tourney that originates connected a Friday, for example, Calandra says he doesn’t want that to beryllium the norm.

He says attendance rates successful Ontario precocious schools are among the worst successful the country, and thing must beryllium done.

“My proposal to parents is, support them successful school,” he said Monday astatine an unrelated announcement.

“Education should beryllium their priority. We’re going to show this complete the adjacent year, arsenic I said past week, and if we person to make immoderate further modifications, we will.”

Calandra said the ministry has heard from the Ontario Hockey League, for example, erstwhile it comes to “high-level” athletes.

“High-level athletes successful training, obviously, we’ll make immoderate accommodation for that, but I opportunity this again to the sports organizations arsenic well: Education is simply a priority,” he said.