Archive 2013-2019
December ESL update
Government policy changes mean 成人头条will be able to keep offering some ESL programs.
On December 4, 2014, Minister of Education Peter Fassbender regarding delivery of adult upgrading and ESL courses through B.C. post-secondary institutions. As a result of the announcement, 成人头条 (VCC) will now be able to charge tuition for ESL programming.
Following the ministry’s announcement, 成人头条is working out the logistics of the programming that may now be able to run in 2015.
“We welcome this announcement,” says 成人头条President, Dr. Peter Nunoda. “It will allow us to retain some of our faculty and staff to provide much needed higher-level ESL programming in January 2015."
In May of this year, as a result of funding changes, 成人头条announced it was effective mid-December 2014. Due to the service reduction, layoff notices were sent to 85 faculty and staff.
成人头条will issue a further statement to staff and the public next week with further details about which programs will now continue.