SCHOOLS &
UNIVERSITIES
The curriculum of study in
public schools throughout Nova Scotia is established by the Provincial
Department of Education but the operation of individual schools is controlled
by local school boards. In the Metro area, that would include:
Generally, the school nearest
your new home will be the one which your grade-school children would attend,
but there are some exceptions. Please contact the school board in your
area for any clarifications regarding this matter.
Children living in the County
of Halifax are usually bussed to the nearest school serving their age
and grade level.
There are also a number of
private schools and schools in both official languages, French & English.
There are also schools equipped to handle students with special needs.
A School for the Blind is
located in Halifax and a School for the Deaf is located in Amherst, Nova
Scotia, with "out classes" held in the Halifax area.
Halifax Metro area has over
20,000 full-time students registered for post-secondary education at universities
and associated schools.
POST-SECONDARY
SCHOOLS
The largest university in
Metro, with professional faculties of medicine, dentistry, law &
graduate studies.
Offers degrees in engineering
and architecture, as well as graduate studies leading to a doctoral
degree in engineering.
Offers pre-professional
courses as well as degrees in education, history, philosophy, astronomy
and business administration.
Offers degrees and diploma
courses.
A degree granting ecumenical
centre of study.
Continuing Education
Offered by the Universities,
leading to degrees in over 500 courses through various provincially-operated
or civic administered facilities.
Vocational & Trade Schools
Situated throughout the
Halifax/Dartmouth area, with a wide variety of courses.
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