Students in a university or college degree program will get $1,680, while students in college diploma and certificate programs will get $770 each year through the province's 30% Off Ontario Tuition program.
Students can also now apply for OSAP and automatically be considered for 10 grant and loan programs, including the new tuition grant.
“Our tuition grant is helping to make post-secondary education more affordable for Ontario families,” Glen Murray, minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, said in a press release. “I encourage all secondary students who plan to attend college or university this fall to apply for the 30% Off Tuition grant - and to also see what OSAP offers.”
“Every student deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential,” Laurel Broten, Minister of Education, said. “That's why we're making it easier for students to pursue their passion in college or university with this tuition grant.”
Quick Facts:
- Last year, 82 per cent of high school students earned their secondary school diploma - a jump of 14 percentage points from 68 per cent in 2003-04.- By April, 91,500 Ontario secondary students had applied for first-year university and 59,140 for first-year college programs.
- More than 270,000 students received OSAP funding in 2010-11 and 83 per cent of them qualified for needs-based grants.
- Ontario has created 210,000 additional post-secondary and apprenticeship spaces and, by re-instating student access grants, has tripled the number of grants available to students since 2003.
- More than 9,000 students at 37 high schools across the province are getting extra help in the classroom to learn about the benefits of post-secondary education and choose a career.
Posted by Arron Pickard
