Empowering our youth with a strong, inclusive education prepares them for future opportunities and success. Fostering environments where students and educators thrive, offering the tools and resources needed for quality learning and addressing evolving educational needs will help us lay the foundation for a brighter future across New Brunswick.
Percentage of students passing provincial assessments in 2024
EN prime: 51.7%
FR immersion: 64.1%
Francophone: 70.1%
2028 goal
English prime: 56%
French immersion: 69.4%
Francophone: 75.9%
Anglophone: 53.3%
Francophone: 68.2%
2028 goal
Anglophone: 57.7%
Francophone: 73.8%
2024 state: 32.5% of students
2028 goal: 26%
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Retain and recruit teachers, support professionals, educational assistants, and bus drivers, leading to a better environment for all education professionals. We will:
- Improve working conditions for all education professionals, prioritizing support and wellness.
- Increase financial support for those entering education professions.
- Develop a fresh 10-year plan with teachers and other education professionals, experts, and parents to set a collective vision for education.
- Support inclusive education for all students by reviewing class composition and identifying and filling the staffing, training, and resourcing gaps impacting the effective implementation of Policy 322.
- Provide nutritious universal free breakfast and pay-what-you-can lunches to all New Brunswick students leveraging local, New Brunswick food where possible.
- Ensure schools have adequate staffing, spaces, and resources to provide classroom support in literacy, numeracy, and learning behaviours, which will provide students with more small group or one-on-one practice.
- Provide staff and students with the necessary tools to create a positive learning environment while properly utilizing personal electronic devices and other technologies.
- Continue grade one early French immersion and expand access points for grade six entry.
- Retain Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) by improving working conditions and increasing wages.
- Increase financial support for ECE students.
- Continue implementing $10-a-day childcare across the province, making it more accessible.
- Reduce the administrative and regulatory burden on childcare operators to enhance their ability to provide the best care possible for children.
- Work with universities and colleges to develop long-term strategies for student housing.
- Continue to make provincial student loans interest-free.
- Provide additional grants for students studying to work in high-priority fields.