More Métis families will benefit from increased access to culturally based child care with more than 200 new child care spaces opening or on the way.

Dozens of families will benefit from new culturally relevant child care spaces through the Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) program.

Starting on Oct. 1, 2024, applications will be accepted from child care providers to join the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program, which will create more low-cost child care options for families throughout B.C.

Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, has issued the following statement as students return to school:

Recruitment and training initiatives are underway for the coming school year to get more certified teachers into B.C. classrooms and build B.C.’s K-12 workforce.

For the first time in B.C., francophone families and child care providers will benefit from a new francophone Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR) centre that will provide resources and supports in French.

The Province is reaffirming its ongoing commitment to making child care more affordable, inclusive and culturally safe through the Early Learning and Child Care Act.

Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care has released the following statement in celebration of Pride 2024 and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in B.C.’s education system: 

B.C.’s K-12 students and staff will be protected from harassing protesters as the Province enacts access zones around schools.  

The 2024-25 intake of the ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund is open for applications until Aug. 2, 2024.