Education
Adult learning
Class size & composition
Funding for public education
BC Greens
[...] This would include:
- Addressing the continued disparities in wages, class size and composition between districts;
- Access to speech-language pathologists and school psychologists, and develop new resources for students with special needs.
- This starts with the development of a new funding formula that supports a 21st century education system.
- Double the funding of the B.C. Access Grant to help support post-secondary part-time students, and those enrolled in multi-year programs.
— From The BC Greens' Plan for a More Equitable and Sustainable BC.
Meal programmes
BC NDP
BC Greens
Proposals would be developed by the district to ensure local needs are addressed;
Funding would be conditional on ensuring the program integrated nutrition into the curriculum and showed how the plan would eliminate the stigma associated with accessing food programming.
— From The BC Greens' Plan for a More Equitable and Sustainable BC.
Mental health and schools
New schools
Post-secondary
Racism and reconciliation
School infrastructure
BC NDP
Schools and COVID
BC NDP
- Install new ventilation systems, plexiglass barriers in key areas, and comprehensive cleaning stations.
- Ensure more hours of cleaning in all schools.
- Fast-track improvements to online and remote learning.
We'll invest in more computers and tablets, more training for teachers and support staff, and in new ways to improve social e-learning that promotes group interactions between students and teachers.
— From Working for You.