Ontario. Senior and Continuing Education Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Senior and Continuing Education Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Senior and Continuing Education Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1979-1983

      History

      The Senior and Continuing Education Branch of the Ministry of Education was created in 1979 when the former Curriculum Branch was dissolved. It was part of the newly formed Curriculum Development Division. The Branch also included the Student Guidance Information Service (SGIS), which was transferred from the Student Activities and Special Projects Branch.

      The Senior and Continuing Education Branch ceased to exist effective January 1, 1984, when it was merged with the Elementary Education Branch to form a new Curriculum Branch.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Senior and Continuing Education Branch was responsible for the production of curriculum guidelines, resource material and circulars for use in Ontario schools for grades 11 to 13. The Branch was also responsible for metric conversion in primary and secondary schools; guidance curriculum for elementary and secondary education; and continuing education (night school and adult day school) policy as it related to Primary and Secondary Schools. The Branch worked with the Ontario Youth Secretariat and all interministerial committees on youth, developed and administered reviews and evaluations of post-secondary programs, and oversaw the Linkage Program, which provided in-school training for secondary school students in a number of specific occupations.

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      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA78

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Senior and Continuing Education Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1979-1983

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Curriculum Branch (1976-1984) (1976-1984)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1637

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Curriculum Branch (1976-1984) is the predecessor of Ontario. Senior and Continuing Education Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Curriculum Branch (1984-1987) (1984-1987)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1612

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Curriculum Branch (1984-1987) is the successor of Ontario. Senior and Continuing Education Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1611

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Inventory of the Ministry of Education

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Gorton