As you might know, the Canadian education system is a provincial responsibility. It means each province and territory will take full responsibility for its educational curriculum.
In Ontario, the Ministry of Education will administer and fund the elementary and secondary schools. Publicly funded education is offered from kindergarten to Grade 12. In Ontario, public education gives students high-quality teaching and learning, and it’s open to all students, even when they are foreigners.
In Ontario, there are approximately 4,000 elementary schools and over 900 secondary schools in the public system.
From Grades 9 to 12, students will join the pathway to getting the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) – the highest diploma that a high school student in Ontario can earn to open their gateway to higher education.
To be granted the OSSD, students must have 30 credits (18 mandatory and 12 optional credits) and complete 40 hours of community involvement activities.
After graduation, students can apply to colleges or universities in Ontario or any other province or country. Though public colleges or universities in Ontario are not free, they offer reasonable tuition fees and scholarship programs so that every student can continue their learning pathway.
Finally, the Ontario Ministry of Education also encourages international students to access its top-notch education through online courses. That is the foundation for Trinity Ontario High School (TOHS), which provides you with a secondary school online program through which you can earn the OSSD credits right at home.
