Government adding 400 educators to K-12 system

The provincial government has stated that for the 2025-26 school year there will be several changes implemented:

For students in grades one to nine in the English stream, class sizes will decrease by two students.

There will be an increase to the needs-based allocation of teachers by approximately 70 units for the upcoming school year, growing to over 120 additional units in the 2026-27 school year.

An additional 175 teaching and learning assistants will be added in 2025-26 to the needs-based allocation to support teaching and learning in K-12 classrooms.

An improved ratio will be implemented of one English as an Additional Language teacher to every 15-30 students. This improved ratio will add over 25 English as an Additional Language teachers to the system, growing to a total of over 61 additional units in the 2026-27 school year.

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Additional highlights to the updated Teacher Allocation Model include:

• An additional five Speech Language Pathologists and five Educational Psychologists allocated to the school system.

• An increase of six units to the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation, which provides access to online courses primarily to students in rural and remote areas.

• Three teaching units and five teaching and learning assistants allocated to the Conseil scolaire francophone provincial.

• Five units to support the teaching and learning environments in schools that have a significant population of Indigenous students.