Among the concerns surrounding proposed changes to the province’s junior high curriculum was the space needed to accommodate the changes.

The department of education was hoping to implement the changes in some schools as early as this fall, but those plans are temporarily paused as they collect more feedback from the public and educators.

The revised curriculum had already received pushback from educators and post-secondary professors who are urging more time to get it right.

Minister Krista Lynn Howell says they were hoping to introduce the changes sooner rather than later to look at the logistics involved and the classroom space needed for a modular approach to learning in grades 7 to 9.

“We have to give administrators time to figure out what their space requirements would be.”