安大略省终止了学费冻结、增加教育经费和改革学生援助。
Ontario ends tuition freeze, boosts education funding, and reforms student aid.
安大略省正在结束为期七年的学费冻结,允许每年增加2%,并在四年内投资64亿加元,以解决大专院校多年资金不足的问题。
Ontario is ending a seven-year tuition freeze, allowing up to a 2% annual increase, and investing $6.4 billion over four years to address years of underfunding in colleges and universities.
此举是继对资金停滞、对国际学生的依赖以及联邦签证限制对机构造成伤害的批评之后采取的。
The move follows criticism over stagnant funding, reliance on international students, and federal visa restrictions that hurt institutions.
该省还正在全面改革OSAP,将援助的75%转为贷款,同时扩大高需求方案,支持农村、土著和法语学校。
The province is also overhauling OSAP, shifting 75% of aid to loans, while expanding access to high-demand programs and supporting rural, Indigenous, and French-language schools.
改革的目的是稳定中学后教育,提高劳动力的准备状态,但批评者指出,资金不足以完全修复长期损害。
The changes aim to stabilize postsecondary education and improve workforce readiness, though critics note the funding falls short of fully repairing long-term damage.