The Nova Scotia Teachers’ Pension Plan exceeded its return benchmark in 2021, though its solvency ratio on a growing-concern basis remains underwater, according to its annual report. The defined benefit pension plan’s assets grew by 6.1 per cent last year, reaching $5.856 billion. Net investment returns, however, grew by 9.63 per cent, slightly higher than […]
A weekend email from the Education Department advising teachers to make work available to absent students did not include details, prompting concern from the teacher's union.
It’s been one week since public school students in Nova Scotia returned to in-person learning. With the province deciding to end contact tracing in schools, the group Nova Scotia Parents for Public Education has created an online tool where people can report a COVID-19 case.
The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is trying to determine whether a memo sent by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development on Saturday means changes to the way teachers will have to work.