WHEREAS vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury among people between the ages of one and 25 in BC today; AND WHEREAS road safety education can increase awareness among young people of the risks involved in being on the road and change their attitudes toward risk behaviour involving vehicles, making them less willing to engage in or support unnecessary risk-taking: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities petition the Ministry of Education to: - designate road safety education as a required learning outcome in the provincial school system for all grades from Kindergarten to Grade 12; and - designate the use of the new and existing ICBC road safety teaching guides and resources to deliver the road safety learning outcomes.
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION The new Planning 10 course includes road safety education as a required learning outcome. The Ministry of Education recommends ICBCs RoadSense teacher resource package for Grades 10, 11 and 12 as a learning resource to support the Planning 10 curriculum. The Ministry continues to honour its commitment to include road safety related learning outcomes in all grades of the curriculum revision to Personal Planning and Career and Personal Planning subject areas. Work in this area is currently taking place. It is anticipated that draft learning outcomes and achievement indicators for these subject areas will be posted for public review and response in the late fall 2004.