The province says 80 per cent of the recommendations in the Education Action Plan have been completed or are substantially underway.

Education Minister Tom Osborne says the plan remains on target, despite setbacks caused by the pandemic. Since being launched in 2018, the provincial government has put up $42-million to implement the recommendations.

Some of the updates include an influx of nearly 400 new teachers, learning assistants and teacher-librarians, modernizing all K-6 classrooms with a new Responsive Teaching and Learning Framework, a focus on improving math and reading outcomes, supplying students with Chromebooks for online learning, and providing assistive technologies to ensure students will exceptionalities are not left behind.

Of the 82 recommendations in the plan, 31 short-term recommendations were completed in 2018. Forty medium-term recommendations will be completed or substantially underway by September 2021. Government says the final 11 long-term recommendations will be completed or substantially underway by September 2022.

While the first three years of the plan focused heavily on the K-6 system, going forward, the plan will concentrate on junior high and high school.