Nova Scotia’s Black Educators Association says the province moved too quickly in adopting 22 recommendations from the Glaze report on education reform.
Karen Hudson says parents and educators who met Monday in Halifax said the elimination of all English school boards shows the African Nova Scotian community was largely ignored.
She says it takes away basic rights and freedoms from a segment of the population that is already marginalized in the education system.
Hudson says government acted too fast.
“One of the issues we’re looking at is in the terms of the gaps and addressing those.”
She says they would also like to see contents of the 1994 Black Learners Advisory Committee On Education report discussed.
That report focused on redressing inequities and empowering African Nova Scotian learners.
Hudson says there was no mention of that in Dr. Glaze’s report.
She says it’s their hope that Education Minister Zach Churchill will listen and act on their concerns.
