Education Minister Mike Bernier made the following statement following a Supreme Court decision to grant the BCTF leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in their court action with the B.C. government.

As B.C. students return to school after the Christmas holidays, a look back at school construction in 2015 shows how government is helping to create safe learning environments and support student achievement.

Record-high Aboriginal graduation and steady student completion rates throughout the province demonstrate continued strength in B.C.’s education system, according to the Ministry of Education’s latest data.

The possibility of an innovative partnership to improve school and local infrastructure in the Haida Gwaii community of Masset will get a closer look thanks to a $150,000 B.C. government investment.

Students, teachers and the community will benefit from a new $24.8-million elementary school in Fort St. John.

The Ministry of Education will work with other government ministries to review and act on the recommendations contained in a just-released report on cyberbullying.

Schools throughout the province are going to get revamped, updated and upgraded thanks to more than $35 million in provincial funding.

More than 100 middle-school students from all parts of the province will get the chance to connect this weekend with information about the in-demand jobs of tomorrow at the second annual BC Lions Skills for Life Summit.

The Ministry of Education is committed to do more to “close the gaps” in education outcomes between Aboriginal and non-aboriginal students – a key recommendation in the Auditor General’s audit of the education of Aboriginal Students in British Columbia.