Extracurricular activities are now up to teachers, education minister says
HALIFAX — It will be up to Nova Scotia teachers to decide whether they participate in extracurricular activities as they adjust to a contract imposed on them through legislation, Education Minister Karen Casey said Wednesday.
Casey said the province’s 9,300 public school teachers are in a transition period now that their work-to-rule job action was halted by a contract imposed Tuesday by the Liberal government, which ended a 16-month contract dispute.
Casey said she thinks many teachers want to get back to helping with extracurricular activities, but it will be up to them to decide whether to volunteer their time for activities that are not part of the contract.
“What I’m hearing from high school students is that (extracurricular activities) are very much a part of the character and the spirit of the school. They miss those things and I’m sure that students are encouraging their teachers to continue that,” said Casey following a cabinet meeting.