Ontario. Secondary Education Branch

• Secondary Education Branch

• Ontario. Secondary Schools Branch

The position of Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools was created in 1935 to supervise the work of the inspectors of high schools and continuation schools and of the Director of Vocational Education. The title of Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools was changed to Superintendent of Secondary Education in 1943. In 1944, the Physical and Health Education Branch and the Guidance Branch were created, reporting through the Secondary Education Branch. In 1945, the Physical and Health Education and Guidance Branches were separated from the Secondary Education Branch.

The Registrar of Trades Schools, who had previously reported through the Vocational Education Branch, reported through the Secondary Education Branch beginning in 1951. The Vocational Education Branch ceased to exist in 1952, and the Provincial Technical Institutes Branch, which had previously reported through the Vocational Education Branch, reported directly through the Secondary Education Branch. The Provincial Technical Institutes Branch ceased to exist in 1953, and the Technical Institutes and the Vocational Schools reported to the Secondary Education Branch.

In 1957, the Secondary Education Branch became the reporting Branch for the Music Branch, Physical and Health Education Branch, Trades Schools Branch, and the Technical Institutes and the Vocational Schools. Responsibility for the Technical Institutes and the Trades and Vocational Schools was transferred in 1963 to a new Technological and Trades Training Branch, separated from the Secondary Education Branch. The title of Superintendent of Secondary Education and the Secondary Education Branch ceased to exist effective January, 1965, and their functions were assumed by the new Programs Branch.

The Secondary Education Branch supervised inspectors for secondary and continuation schools. Through its subordinate branches, it was also responsible for the management of the secondary education system in Ontario, as well as well as technical and vocational education, registration of trades schools, physical and health education, musical education, and student guidance. In 1956, responsibility for developing curriculum at the secondary level was transferred from the Secondary Education Branch to the new Curriculum Branch. The Branch also oversaw the Principals' Qualification Course offered each summer beginning in 1951.

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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Inventory 2

Not in Canadiana, March/04

Archivist(s):
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