Education in Alberta

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Education in the Province of Alberta
Alberta Education
Minister of EducationDemetrios Nicolaides
National education budget
Budget$9.8 billion[1]
General details
Primary languagesEnglish and French
System typeProvincial, public and private

Education in Alberta is provided mainly through funding from the provincial government.[2] The earliest form of formal education in Alberta is usually preschool which is not mandatory and is then followed by the partially-mandatory kindergarten to Grade 12. This is managed by Alberta Education (also known as the Ministry of Education) which has divided the province into 379 school authorities.[3] Higher education in the province is managed by Alberta Advanced Education.[4]

Alberta has a well-developed educational system and is known for having one of the best education systems in Canada, and the world.[5] It has also historically performed well on international ranking tests and diploma examinations. [6]

  1. ^ "Budget 2016". Government of Alberta. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ EDUCATION FUNDING IN ALBERTA. 2016. ISSN 1929-2058.
  3. ^ "Authorities and Schools Directory". Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Advanced Education". Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "Alberta still has Canada's best education system". Edmonton journal.
  6. ^ "International test results for Alberta students remain steady". 11 December 2012.