September 5, 2018
A new school year gets underway today and the Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, is welcoming students, teachers and staff back to class. This year, new curriculums are being implemented in 11 courses at the…
July 26, 2018
High school transcripts including final marks have been mailed to students throughout the province. Provincial results for public exam courses can be viewed in the backgrounder below. For the 2017-18 school year, 7,565 students wrote public exams in Newfoundland and…
June 28, 2018
As today is the official last day of the 2017-18 school year, the Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, is congratulating the 67,000 K-12 students, as well as all teachers and staff, on a successful year…
June 6, 2018
The Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will attend the 2018 Canadian Parents for French – Newfoundland and Labrador Awards Ceremony. The event will take place tomorrow (Thursday, June 7) at Government House, 50 Military Road,…
June 4, 2018
The Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour and Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will attend the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), July 5-6 in Vancouver. Topics to be discussed…
May 31, 2018
The Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will attend the 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association Ceremony of Induction into the Teaching Profession. The event will take place tomorrow (Friday, June 1) at the Glendenning Golf…
May 30, 2018
The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize May 27 to June 2 as Provincial Early Childhood Educators’…
May 24, 2018
The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in this Honourable House to recognize an important step being taken in…
May 23, 2018
John Finn, MHA for Stephenville – Port au Port, on behalf of the Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will bring greetings to the YMCA Enterprise Olympics Conference in St. John’s tomorrow (Thursday, May 24). The…
May 22, 2018
Legislation to modernize the Schools Act, 1997, to ensure a safe learning environment in the province’s more than 250 schools will begin second reading today in the House of Assembly. The proposed amendment addresses the provision of alternate delivery of…
