Prospective teachers will soon enter schools as paid substitute teachers, thanks to a rule change by the Ministry of Education to “meet manpower needs and high staff absenteeism rates”. With the Ontario College of Teachers, the province has introduced a new temporary certificate that will allow school boards to employ …

Ontario says it will allow students in teacher training programs to fill supply positions this year. The province says it is making a temporary change to its teacher certification program to address teacher shortages and absenteeism due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have to be creative,” Education Minister Stephen Lecce …