Leonard Preyra - MLA for Halifax Citadel – Sable Island

NDP post-secondary education critic Leonard Preyra says the government shouldn’t be allowed to control the supply and demand of teachers.

“It’s illogical to force Nova Scotia students to go somewhere else,” he said.

Preyra says no other employer has the right to control supply and demand, particularly at universities, which are arms-length agencies.

“There are lots of reasons why teachers enter the profession and not just to become line employees of the Nova Scotia Department of Education,” he said. “They want to do international development work. They want to do international education.”

N.L. considering education program in Halifax

• Memorial University is contemplating offering a teacher education program in Halifax, even though Dalhousie University backed out of a prospective partnership because of the education minister’s disapproval.
• The Newfoundland and Labrador school is announcing today plans to proceed, after recently learning that Dal is no longer a partner in its Halifax-based B.Ed program, spokesman Ivan Muzychka said yesterday.
• Dalhousie decided to suspend its role in offering the program at the urging of the provincial government.

• Muzychka said MUN has received a “great number” of applications for a teacher education program in Halifax. The university visited the Dal campus last week to hold an information session on the program for students.