High marks for BC’s education system in an international ranking out today.
A survey of 45 jurisdictions puts BC’s grade four students in seventh place in terms of literacy.
Education Minister Don McRae credits both teachers, and his own government.
“First of all I think we have phenomenal teachers with a great teaching education program, second of all this government has a strong emphasis on literacy, even this year alone we have a superintendent of reading who’s done great work around the province and we’re also investing over 10 million dollars this year in literacy as well to improve it.”
BC was rated higher than any other province and higher than Canada as a whole, which was ranked 15th.
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