The new English 12 First Peoples (EFP
12) Integrated Resource Package (IRP)
has been approved and signed off by
the Minister of Education, Honourable
Shirley Bond. The final approved IRP has
now been posted to the Ministry of
Education website.
Distribution of hard copies of the EFP 12
IRP to the B.C. K-12 education system,
post-secondary educational institutions
and education stakeholders has begun
in preparation for implementation in
September 2008.
English 12 and English 12 First Peoples both meet
the same rigorous graduation requirements.
Students may choose to take one or both of these
courses and they may use results from one or both
provincial examinations towards provincial
scholarships. It is intended that students who earn
credit for English 12 First Peoples will qualify for
entry into post-secondary educational institutions
and programs on the same basis as those who earn
credit for English 12. Accordingly, the final EFP 12
IRP has been forwarded to British Columbia postsecondary
institutions for their review and approval
for entrance requirements.
