It is not clear how the government made the leap from optional to mandatory online learning. “The idea of selling Ontario curriculum or even online courses to others on the face of it doesn’t seem problematic to me. Lecce’s requirement for two online courses to graduate from high school is unusual in North America; a handful of U.S. states require or encourage students to enrol in one online course. Ontario school boards now offer about 130 online courses with roughly five per cent of students enrolled in them. The education ministry said recently that the courses will be taught by Ontario teachers and will be run publicly with no plans to privatize them.

Source: thestar January 13, 2020 10:07 UTC