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From today's Throne Speech in BC
Nothing is more important as we look to our future than the
education of our children. Government has focused its attention on
expanding university, college and apprenticeship opportunities in the
last eight years. Thousands of new spaces have been created for
graduating students.
We must now focus on increasing graduation rates and improving student performance from the earliest years.
Government
will place early learning and early-childhood development at the
forefront of efforts to improve our education services.
Neighbourhood
learning centres will become the focus of intensive activities with
city councils, library boards, recreation commissions, parents and
professionals. Government will work to establish educational and
preschool opportunities in the midst of the neighbourhoods where our
families live. Together, we can work to centre neighbourhoods and
communities on the needs of our families, their children's education
and the environment.
Full-time, five-year-old kindergarten will begin to be delivered in schools throughout British Columbia in September of 2010.