The Ontario education system
The Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education oversees education in Ontario and is responsible for:
- setting policies and guidelines for school boards to follow
- providing funding to school boards
- establishing the curriculum and an approved text book list
- setting the requirements for graduation.
Learn more about the roles and responsibilities within the education system
Ontario’s school boards and school authorities
Ontario’s schools are administered by 72 district school boards and 33 school authorities. There are:
- 31 English-language public boards
- 29 English-language Catholic boards
- 4 French-language public boards
- 8 French-language Catholic boards.
A small number of schools are governed by “school authorities”. They manage schools offered through hospitals and treatment facilities, as well as schools in remote and sparsely populated regions. Effective September 1, 2009, 20 isolated school authorities will be amalgamated with district school boards.
For more information, visit the school authority webpage.
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