From welding and carpentry, to pipefitting, heavy-duty equipment operation and a host of other trades, students in grades 5 to 10 are getting a unique opportunity to test-drive future careers in skilled trades in communities throughout B.C. in the weeks ahead.

Parents and teachers from school districts 61, 62, 63, 64 and 79 will have an opportunity to learn more about trades training and careers at a Discover Trades conference at Camosun College.

More Aboriginal students completed high school last year than ever before, building on more than ten years of steady improvement.

More than 500 new teachers, over 400 new special education assistants and smaller class sizes are the direct result of a new learning fund getting high marks for supporting education in B.C.

The board of the Post-Secondary Employers' Association (PSEA) has ratified two support staff agreements reached under the 2012 Cooperative Gains Mandate.

The University of Victoria and CUPE Local 4163 Component III have ratified their agreement under the 2012 Cooperative Gains Mandate.

Minister of Education Don McRae has issued the following statement: "The BCTF is claiming that the government's proposed framework "ignores the ruling of the BC Supreme Court that teachers have the right to bargain working conditions, such as class size and class composition."