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New Grade 9 Math Program Coming In September

Dryden, ON, Canada / CKDR
Mike Ebbeling
Jun 10, 2021 | 7:50 AM


New Grade 9 Math Program Coming In September

CPAC Screenshot. Stephen Lecce

Ontario has introduced a new Grade 9 math course.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the program will include mandatory learning on coding, data literacy, mathematical modelling and a heavy emphasis on financial learning.

“The world has changed. The economy has changed. The job market has changed. So should the curriculum that informs and inspires your child. This curriculum will put students on a path of success through relevant learning with real-world applications.”

Lecce says the goal is to have all students reach their full potential and prepare them for future jobs, challenges and problems with real-life teaching.

He notes the new course also ends the practice of streaming Grade 9 students into applied and academic courses, a practice that he says has disadvantaged some in the past.

This is the first curriculum update since 2005.

In a release the province says to better equip students with the skills they need to succeed, lift student math performance, and strengthen numeracy skills, the course:

-Ensures relevance to today’s job market with an emphasis on practical life skills – from the concept of interest, debt, savings, personal budgeting and price comparisons.
-Builds on learning from the modernized and landmark Grade 1-8 math curriculum to better prepare students for more advanced math to allow students to pursue any postsecondary, skilled trade and pathway in science, technology, engineering and mathematics that they choose.
-Helps students prepare for the jobs of tomorrow by introducing new learning of how to apply coding skills to understand complex mathematics and to make predictions. In addition, the course builds on students’ understanding of data to represent and analyze real-life situations.