Saskatchewan education: Teacher/student ratio highlighted by Sask. NDP [Video]

As those across the province await the verdict from binding arbitration between the province and the Sask. Teachers Federation (STF) – the Official Opposition is raising alarms over the teacher student ratio.

The Saskatchewan NDP says the province’s latest five-year report shows student population is up more than 15,000 while the province is down 86 educators in both the classroom and through distance learning.

“These numbers lay bare the reality of the inadequate funding that this Sask. Party government has placed in education,” Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck told reporters Tuesday.

The Official Opposition is citing numbers from the end of the past school year. The province says that it has added 200 teachers during the current school year.