Premier David Eby and Selina Robinson, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills; make an announcement about expanding skilled trades training for people in B.C. to support a growing green economy. Justine Boulin/CBC
British Columbia will make Holocaust education mandatory for Grade 10 students in provincial schools starting from the 2025-26 school year.
The provincial government says it will expand the required Grade 10 social studies curriculum to ensure that, when learning about discriminatory policies and injustices in Canada and around the world, B.C. students will also learn about the Holocaust.International Holocaust Remembrance Day marked in B.C. amid increase in antisemitic incidents
"Combatting this kind of hate begins with learning from the darkest parts of our history, so the same horrors are never repeated," Eby said in a statement before his Monday announcement. "That's why we are working with the Jewish community to make sure learning about the Holocaust becomes a requirement for all high school students.
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