Students in Saskatoon are planning a walkout and protest to call on the province to invest in education.
Students in Saskatoon are planning a walkout and protest Tuesday afternoon to call on the provincial government to invest in long-term funding for education.
The walkout is organized by several student council presidents from both Saskatoon Public Schools and Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, with the walkout running from 12:15 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. and aThe organizing committee behind the walkout said that students have felt the effects of underfunding and overcrowding in schools and feel like they have been silenced and overlooked by the government.
Saskatchewan teachers are currently taking part in the longest job action by educators in the province’s history in an attempt to put the issues of class size and complexity on the bargaining table. Teachers have cut extracurriculars around the province, removed noon-hour supervisions and participated in one-day strikes on rotation in an attempt to sway the government.The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation’s most recent move has been to call on the government to agree to binding arbitration.
The government’s bargaining committee has refused binding arbitration and remains adamant that addressing the issues of classroom size and complexity should remain with local school boards.Working hours of male doctors have dropped sharply, data shows. Why?Read
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