Free education to Syrian refugees who do not have permanent address
This enables the refugee children to keep learning as they wait for the completion of their paperwork.
Toronto District School Board and Toronto Catholic District School Board decided to work around the rule by offering free, volunteer-run classes for two hours every day at two Etobicoke schools, The Elms Junior Middle School and Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School, with the help of retired teachers, said the reports.
“We want children to know that we’re interested in their education from the minute they hit our city,” said Karen Falconer, executive superintendent of the TDSB.
The refugees were thankful that their children could keep learning as they got settled in Canada.
“This is the reason why we’re here and I will do all that I can to help my kids to get a good education,” said a Syrian woman whose seven children were using the program.
Falconer further commented that she wanted to prepare students for schools and to visualize the school as a friendly place and make students’ families feel at home and trust the schools.
A few months back, Premier Kathleen Wynne had announced the spending of $600,000 over the next two years for resettlement support of refugees, reports said.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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