The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities are the agencies of the Government of Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary schools, high schools, colleges and universities. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school) and the United States. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... A professor teaching in a university A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ...

The ministry is overseen by two ministers, one responsible for schools and one responsible for postsecondary education. The current Minister of Education is the Honourable Gerard Kennedy, and the current minister of Training, Colleges and Universities is Chris Bentley. Gerard Kennedy (born 1960 in The Pas, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician, who represents the riding of Parkdale—High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. ... Chris Bentley is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ...

See also List of Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, List of Ontario universities. The province of Ontario, in Canada, has two types of community colleges: Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology and Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning. ... The province of Ontario, Canada is home to the following universities: Brock University (St. ...

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• Ministry of Education
• Minister's Biography