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Province Launches Preview Sites For Online Courses

Government says internet connectivity is complete at 4,841 elementary and secondary schools.

The province has teamed up with school boards, TVO and TFO to expand access to online learning courses for high school students. 

Secondary school students can preview online course content here in order to make informed decisions for online course selections for the next school year. 

"We have created the gold standard of online learning courses that are dynamic, led by an educator, and offer course variety for students," said Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education. "We are placing a major emphasis on real-world learning by embedding life and job skills into the curriculum - while ensuring they learn in digitally connected classrooms, regardless of where they live."

New online courses will be added to the preview sites over time. 

Currently, for students in Grade 10, up to one credit earned remotely during the April 2021 to June 2021 school closures will count towards the online learning graduation requirement. 

School boards have also made a selection of online courses available to students who can register through their local school as part of the course selection process.

As well, the government has confirmed that internet connectivity is complete at nearly 100 percent of Ontario's elementary and secondary schools. 

Currently, 4,841 schools are now connected, and three active connectivity projects are underway in remote schools. 

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