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noun
- 1. a school receiving pupils from a particular religious group. Canadian
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Operate independently of public schools
- Separate schools operate independently of public schools and have their own school boards, which are elected exclusively by the minority taxpayers of the denomination in question.
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In Canada, a separate school is a type of school that has constitutional status in three provinces (Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan) and statutory status in the three territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut).
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In both the US and Canada parents are free to choose to send their children to the state-run public SCHOOL SYSTEM or to a variety of private fee-paying schools. In Canada, several provinces, through systems of public separate schools or public support of PRIVATE SCHOOLS, allow families greater choice, usually on the basis of denominationalism. In t...
The basic framework for Canada's use of public monies for separate and denominational schools and, more generally, for the relationship between the state and schooling was established in the 19th century. Fundamental to the creation of a system of free and universal education was the notion, then common, that education and religion were inseparable...
By 1867 each of the 3 colonies of British North America that formed the Dominion of Canada had its own system of common schools. After Confederation, by the provisions of s93 of the Constitution Act of 1867, each province maintained exclusive jurisdiction over its own educational structure. The effect of subsection 1 of s93 was to give all legally ...
In the past 30 years, a number of significant changes have occurred and political controversy over separate school funding has intensified. The changes result from several developments. The growing importance of education as a means of access to the labour market, manifest in the conversion of the secondary school into a mass institution and the ra...
Mar 4, 2012 · Separate Schools. Most, but by no means all, separate schools in Canada are Catholic. Publicly supported separate schools exist in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the 2 territories.
Oct 15, 2012 · Separate schools in Canada are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education and follow the same basic curriculum as that laid down for public schools. In practice, separate schools are almost always Roman Catholic schools today, but some others exist (see, e.g. the 2016 quotation).
Between 1841 and 1863, a series of acts created the “separate schools” of Canada West and the “dissentient schools” of Canada East, allowing Protestant and Catholic parents to establish their own schools and, subject to provincial controls over the curriculum and teachers, to receive public funding.
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- 2021
Mar 5, 2018 · Separate schooling for Protestants and Catholics was created in a colonial context that no longer exists in Canada. But does a dual system of secular public education divided along French and...
In Canada, a separate school is a type of school that has constitutional status in three provinces and statutory status in the three territories. In these Can...
