About the consultation

On May 30, 2024, we committed to consulting with you on the additional practical life skills that all students should learn in school. Read the news release.

We prepare students for life after graduation by teaching them practical life skills. Many important skills are already part of the Ontario curriculum in elementary and high school, including:

We want to know:

  • what practical life skills you think are important
  • what other skills you think students should learn in school

After you submit feedback

We will use feedback from this survey to inform changes to our kindergarten to Grade 12 education system, including modernized home economics.

Your privacy matters

The Ministry of Education is bound by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.31 (the “Act”), and as such, any information provided could be subject to disclosure under the Act.

We will collect the information you choose to provide (for example, opinions and demographic data) and review your feedback to inform future potential changes to Ontario’s kindergarten to Grade 12 education system.

We may use analysis of survey results, and information provided through submissions, in a summary report to inform advice to government. You do not have to answer all questions if you choose to complete the survey.

Submitting feedback anonymously

Individuals

If you are submitting as an individual, your feedback will be anonymous. Please do not include any personal information about yourself and others when completing this survey.

Personal information means any identifying information about a person.

Some examples of personal information that should not be included anywhere on the survey are:

  • the name or address of yourself or any other person
  • a telephone number of yourself or any other person
  • any email address, Facebook, X account or other social media information
  • any identifying symbol or number associated with yourself or any other person (for example, an OHIP number)

Organizations

If you are submitting on behalf of your organization, we will ask for:

  • your organization’s name
  • your name
  • your business/organization’s email address

Please do not include any personal information about others when completing this survey.