The Province’s Learn-from-Home program provides supplementary resources for elementary and secondary students to practice math and literacy skills and learn at home. https://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-at-home
To fight spread of COVID-19, Ontario public schools will remain closed for teachers until May 1st, 2020 and to students until May 4th, 2020. Private schools will remain closed until April 13, 2020 according to the Declaration of Emergency which allows closures to be extended for one 14 day period at a time. As these dates come closer, this decision will be re-evaluated based on public health advice. The closure may be extended if necessary to protect the health and safety of students, families and staff.
Learn more about school closures.
Read the letters to Ontario’s parents from the Minister of Education
In addition, Ontario has launched Support for Families, a new program that provides one-time financial support for families to purchase educational materials during the current school and child care closures that are in effect due to COVID-19 (coronavirus outbreak). Under this new program, parents are eligible for a one-time per child payment of:
- $200 for children aged 0 to 12
- $250 for children or youth aged 0 to 21 with special needs