Nova Scotia: With school violence on the rise, teachers say cuts will further strain classrooms
Teachers say classroom support cuts will add strain as violent incidents climbed to 27,117 last school year.
- Nova Scotia schools recorded 27,117 violent incidents in the 2024-25 academic year, up from 21,409 the prior year and 17,234 two years earlier, marking a sharp escalation in school violence.
- The Department of Education is eliminating about 69 positions, including literary specialists and math coaches, across the school system as part of budget restructuring efforts.
- Peter Day, head of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union, warns these cuts will increase strain at a time when violence is rising, arguing that reducing class sizes and classroom support helps decrease violence.
- Staff members whose positions are cut will be redeployed into traditional teaching roles or elsewhere in the school system, the Department of Education says, mitigating immediate job losses.
- Data shows violent incidents rose steadily over the last five years, prompting Nova Scotia to update the school code of conduct in response to the escalating trend.
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With school violence on the rise, teachers say cuts will further strain classrooms
Nova Scotia's school violence has increased significantly over the past five years. Teachers union said reducing class sizes and ramping up support for students in classrooms is needed to tackle the situation.
The president of the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union (NSTU) said that budget cuts in the education sector will worsen the situation at a time when violence in schools is on the rise.
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