Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training

• Ontario. Ministère de l'Éducation et de la Formation

• Ministry of Education and Training

• MET

• MEF

The Ministries of Education, Colleges and Universities, and Skills Development, were merged into a new Ministry of Education and Training on February 3, 1993. The only immediate administrative changes at this time were the renaming of the three former ministries as 'departments', and the creation of the Department of jobsOntario Training (jobsOntario Training was a three year skills development initiative by the government). The new ministry also continued the Ontario Training Adjustment Board Project (the OTAB Project) which was responsible for supervising the creation of the Ontario Training Adjustment Board (OTAB).

By 1995, the ministry was reorganized into five divisions: the Anti-Racism, Access and Equity Division; the Elementary, Secondary, Post-Secondary Operations and French-Language Education Division; the Open Learning and Training Division (renamed the Training Division in 1996); the Organization Development and Services Division; and the Policy, Priorities and Curriculum Development Division.

Agencies which report to the ministry include the Aboriginal Education Council, the Advisory Council on Special Education, the Franco- Ontarian Education and Training Council, the College Relations Commission, Education Relations Commission, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), the Languages of Instruction Commission of Ontario, the Ontario Council of Regents for Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, the Ontario Council on University Affairs, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, the Teacher Education Council, and the Provincial Schools Authority, among others.

The Ministry of Education and Training is responsible for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education in Ontario, and for skills development and training. Activities of the ministry include the development of educational guidelines and policies; monitoring schools and school boards; the certification of teachers; providing operating and capital grants to school boards, colleges and universities; administering financial assistance programs for eligible students; and the management of the Provincial Schools for the Blind and Deaf.

In the area of training, the ministry is responsible for supporting apprenticeship and employer-based training programs; conducting labour market research; and developing, administering and supporting various employment initiatives and services.

No new legislation was passed with the creation of the Ministry of Education and Training. Instead it operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Education Act and Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act.

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