Rights and duties…

Hello, good morning! How have you been? Another week and April is moving right along.

Change is not always welcome or well-received. This is even truer when it comes to changes in schools, where the impact will be much greater than one can imagine. I’ve taken the liberty of transcribing a passage written by Milenio Stadium regarding the topic at hand:

“The Toronto Catholic District School Board announced significant cuts and changes due to budgetary issues, including the elimination of the Fifth Block intensive literacy programme, aimed at students with reading difficulties, and changes to language instruction.

The traditional International Languages Program, which had existed for over 50 years, will be closed in its current format and will move exclusively to Saturdays, limiting students’ access to learning a third language. The decision is expected to lead to the job loss of dozens of teachers and reduce opportunities for linguistic and cultural development.”

Let’s be honest, after this very well-put explanation, educational institutions at the provincial level in Ontario are truly in a state of chaos. The decline is tremendous, and who knows what the next step will be? Choosing students based on different ethnicities? Well, at this point, one can imagine almost anything. Canada is imposing laws never imagined before, and for many people who depend on this type of assistance, it will be very serious.

We hope for better days and that this decision can be reversed; after all, learning is a right that should not be denied to anyone, in a country with so much diversity and the capacity to provide it.

It is what it is, and it will always be worth what it’s worth.

Stay well, and see you soon,

Cristina DaCosta/MS

The content on the Milénio Stadium website is automatically translated using Google Translate.