Ministry of Education

**What we do** - Develop policy and programs to support [child care](https://www.ontario.ca/page/find-and-pay-child-care#section-2) and [early years programs](https://www.ontario.ca/page/find-earlyon-child-and-family-centre) for children and families. - Make sure child care settings are safe and follow the law by funding, licensing and inspecting licensed child care providers. - Fund and provide guidelines for the delivery of core services at EarlyON child and family centres. - Fund and oversee publicly funded elementary and secondary school education. - Develop and publish [curriculum](https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/) documents and [teaching resources](https://www.ontario.ca/page/teaching-ontario) for kindergarten to Grade 12. - Set provincial standards and guidelines for all assessment, evaluation and reporting for all students who attend public or private schools in Ontario. - Oversee and set policies for the [Education Quality and Accountability Office](https://www.eqao.com/) (EQAO), which administers provincial assessments to help improve student learning in reading, writing and math. - Fund and oversee the [Ontario Educational Communications Authority](https://www.tvo.org/) (TVO), which supports education and lifelong learning through educational communications, programs and curriculum-linked digital resources. - Grant TVO authority to award course credits and the [Ontario Secondary School Diploma](https://www.ontario.ca/page/earning-your-high-school-diploma) (OSSD) through the online [Independent Learning Centre](https://www.ilc.org/) (ILC), in English and French. - Set requirements for student diplomas and certificates. - Provide funding to build new schools and expand, retrofit or repair existing schools. - Operate schools for blind, deaf and deafblind students. - Register and inspect private schools that offer credits toward an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).