Like other provinces in Canada, almost all Alberta legislatures have the power to independently enact relevant education laws. 1905, the legislature of Alberta formally legislated, legalized the custom of entering schools nearby before 1905, standardized the education market, and created and adjusted some educational forms and institutions (including charter schools, private schools and home schools) such as universities, colleges and technical education institutions.

Basic education school

Alberta has 42 public school districts and 17 independent school districts. 17 independent school districts are all managed by religious groups, of which 16 school district is managed by Catholic groups and the rest 1 school district St. Albert is managed by Protestant groups. In addition, Glen Avon School is located in the St. Paul School District managed by Catholic groups, but managed by Protestant groups. In addition, Lloyd Munster straddles the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. Statistically, the school district in this city is classified as Alberta, but the school district actually operates according to the laws of Saskatchewan.

The Alberta government has been providing a lot of financial support for K- 12 education for many years. Before 1994, the school committees of public schools and independent schools in Alberta had the statutory power to levy local property taxes as financial support for maintaining local education. 1994, the Alberta government abolished the right to tax public schools, but independent schools can still continue to tax. Since 1994, the taxation of k- 12 education funds has never stopped. Different from before, the tax rate is set by the provincial government, and the tax is collected by local municipal governments and then sent to the provincial government. According to the relevant laws, all the property tax collected must be used for k- 12 education. The provincial government will distribute the property tax collected to public school districts, independent school districts and French school districts according to certain standards.

Public schools, independent schools, charter schools and private schools must abide by the study plan and curriculum arrangement certified by Alberta Education Bureau. Home schools can choose to follow the official study plan or make their own study plan. Teachers can only teach in public schools, independent schools, charter schools and accredited private schools after passing the provincial achievement test and education degree examination organized by Alberta Education Bureau and obtaining the teacher qualification certificate issued by Alberta Education Bureau. After being certified by the Alberta Education Bureau, they can also teach in high schools.

university

More details: higher education in Alberta

The largest and oldest university in this province is university of alberta, which was founded in 1908. In 20 15, McLean ranked 5th in the medical and doctoral classes of Canadian universities and 84th in the world universities in 20 14/ 15QS.

The University of Calgary, once part of university of alberta, was granted autonomy by 1966 and is now the second largest university in Alberta. Athabasca University, located in athabasca, focuses on distance education. Lethbridge University, also a university in Alberta, is located in Lethbridge.

At the beginning of September, 2009, Mount Royal University became the second public university in Calgary, and at the end of the same month, Grant Macevan University, the second public university in Calgary, came to Edmonton. In addition, the 15 technical colleges, including the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, can directly obtain public funds.

In addition, 1 1 Christian University and Calgary Campus of Delhi University founded by Christianity, as private universities in Alberta, have also played a positive role in the development of universities in Alberta. Students who choose private colleges and universities can apply for loans and subsidies from the government. This has also triggered a debate among taxpayers in recent years about whether college students' tuition fees should be raised. In 2005, Ralph Klein, then governor of Alberta, promised that he would freeze related fees and work out a new and more reasonable plan to reduce tuition fees. However, so far, the new scheme has not been released, and the old scheme is still in use.