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Teachers sold “bill 2 goods” Tom rary Life Member of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) and former President of the Halton Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (1971-1973), was selected to repre- sent the OSSTF at the 49th Annual General Meeting of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) in March. * Mr. Ramautarsingh offered var- ied thoughts on the meeting. The Assistant Deputy Minister of Education in her address stated that change is taking place in every way you think of it. Education is no exception and it needs to change. There is a major reorganization in the Ministry of Education and Training. Changes are made through consultation. Today the majority wants ‘an integrated approach. The Transition Years in Grades 7, 8 & 9 are being introduced in September, 1993, unless permis- sion is granted to extend its intro- duction. There are learning out- Tom Ramautarsii ingh “We are angry that the Minister is not here to dialogue with us. It is the first time in history that a Minister of Education has not had the courtesy to hear what the teach- ers in OECTA have to say.” “Teachers have been sold a bill of goods by this NDP government.” “We don’t need massive changes as there are no major flaws in the educational system.” “Under the guise of change the teachers are made the scapegoats for this government.” Mr. ingh feels teachers comes, bench marks, of skills and appropriate strategies. Destreaming is not much of a change. It does, however, de-label students from the Basic, General and Advanced programs. The Common Curriculum guide- lines are being released. It isa beginning of a dialogue which will improve knowledge and skills. Today we have children of differ- ing backgrounds and changes are necessary to accomplish the things that are necessary to accomplish the things that are pertinent. Everyone will have to work togeth- er collaboratively to achieve the mandated outcome based educa- tion. There must be cost saving Jetween boards of education, fiscal “ restraints and duplication eliminat- ed. Boards of Education must be Tesponsive to community needs. the address, OECTA mem- bers lined up and stated their feel- ings about what the Ministry of Education was doing to the stu- dents, teachers, Parents and society-. _ at-large. Here are a few of the state- ments made and the Assistant Deputy Minister was requested to relay these to Education Minister David Cooke. “We have given up our holidays to discuss educational matters for the good of the, students in this province and yet the Minister of Education has gone on holidays. He knew of our AGM and our invita- tion to address this assembly which represents 33,000 teachers. He has shown great disrespect to the teach- ers.of OECTA by not being here.” APPLE Auto Glass 354 Guelph St., Unit 27, Georgetown, Ont. (416) 873-1655 What's black and white, and read all over? 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