• Elementary and Secondary Education
  Find out how the education system works, look up public and private schools, school boards and commissions, find out about high school equivalency certificates and more.
  
  
• Elementary Curriculum
  The Ministry of Education sets curriculum policy and defines what teachers are required to teach and students are expected to learn in each elementary grade and subject. A consistent, province-wide curriculum is thereby ensured.
  
  
• Secondary Curriculum
  The Ministry of Education sets curriculum policy and defines what teachers are required to teach and students are expected to learn in each secondary grade and subject. A consistent, province-wide curriculum is thereby ensured.
  
  
• Elementary and Secondary Education Links
  Links to external websites related to elementary and secondary education.

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• Planning Your Next Steps After High School
  Life after high school is full of choices. For those wanting to research all their post-secondary options in Ontario this comprehensive site is a valuable resource.
  
  
• COMPASS - Ontario Universities' Application Centre
  The on-line application for current Ontario Secondary School students and other applicants who wish to enrol an undergraduate or most professional programs at any of Ontario's universities.
  
  
• Ontario College Application Services
  Apply online to any of Ontario's 24 colleges, three agricultural colleges and The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences.
  
  
• Post-secondary Education
  Information on universities, colleges, privately funded degree-granting institutions, registered private vocational schools, distance education opportunities, student costs and assistance and much more.
  
  
• Information for International Students
  Planning on studying in Ontario from abroad? The Planning Your Next Steps After High School life event bundle provides useful information.

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• Financing your Education
  How will you finance your postsecondary education? If you work part-time, check with your employer to see if any scholarships are offered to employees. Sometimes scholarships and bursaries are not awarded because no one applies for them. Do your homework! Find out what might be out there for you.
  
  
• Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
  This program provides financial assistance to help students meet the costs of post-secondary education.
  
  
• CanadaBenefits.gc.ca - Connecting you to government Benefits
  Your Internet doorway to government-wide information about benefit programs and services for students in Ontario.

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• Skills Connect
  If you want to work in the skilled trades, This site can help. It outlines the wide range of available jobs that can become stepping-stones to creating your own business, or expanding your skills at a college or university.
  
  
• ONESTEP
  Lists youth and adult apprenticeship programs available in Ontario.
  
  
• Training
  Learn about the many training programs and services for both employers and employees.
  
  
• Apprenticeship
  Learn about hands-on training for people who want to work in a skilled trade.

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• Ontario Internship Program
  Put yourself ahead of the pack by applying for the Ontario Internship Program (OIP). An opportunity to explore your career options while building your skills and portfolio.
  
  
• Ontario Summer Jobs
  This Web site directs you to job opportunities supported by the Ontario government.
  
  
• Ontario-Quebec Summer Student Job Exchange Program
  The program allows a maximum of 75 students from Ontario with a minimum of one year university to work in the province of Quebec.
  
  
• Summer Experience Program
  Ministry of Government Services gives youth and students the opportunity to work in the Ontario Public Service, its associated agencies and community groups through its summer employment programs.
  
  
• Youth Opportunities Ontario
  We'll show you how you can find work or even start your own business.

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• OntarioLearn.com
  More than 450 courses are available from a consortium of 22 Ontario community colleges.
  
  
• Independent Learning Centre
  The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) provides a wide range of distance education courses, in English and in French, for Ontario residents who want to earn secondary school diploma credits, upgrade basic skills, or study for personal development.
  
  
• Distance Education Links
  Browse several provincial, national and international sites offering courses online.

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• Library Resource Sites on the Web
  Links to library sites and catalogues online from public libraries to government, college and university libraries in Ontario.
  
  
• About Ontario
  Website designed to give visitors and residents basic facts about the province.
  
  
• BIBLiON
  Welcome to the Archives of Ontario Library's online catalogue.
  
  
• Archives Visual Database
  Search a selection of digitized images from the Archives collection of visual records.

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• YouthConnect.ca
  A youth-oriented website that profiles individual success stories, programs and services and provides important information on education, health, work, coming of age and recreation.

• Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
  Offers general information and contacts in communities across the country.
  
  

• Ontario Schools Online
  Check out all the schools that have Web pages including alternative, francophone and native schools.

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