Ten years ago, 48 per cent of schools had a music teacher, the research and advocacy group said. A survey of 1,000 schools by People for Education found that only 41 per cent of elementary schools have a full-time or part-time specialist music teacher this year. But those opportunities are continuing to decline in Ontario classrooms because fewer schools have the trained teachers, instruments or spaces to teach music, says a new report released Monday. Schools in the GTA are more than twice as likely to have music teachers than those in eastern and northern Ontario. Palmer, also director of advocacy with the Ontario Music Educators’ Association, said his group wants the province to require anyone providing music instruction in the public system to a become properly certified music teacher.

Source: thestar May 15, 2017 09:56 UTC