Adult Learning Regulations
made under Section 15 of the
Adult Learning Act
S.N.S. 2010, c. 31
N.S. Reg. 132/2014 (effective June 24, 2014)
amended to N.S. Reg. 208/2024 (effective October 1, 2024)
Table of Contents
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Citation
Definitions
Criteria for recognized learning organization
Requirements for adult-learning programs
Obligations of adult learners
Designated component annual report
Recognition of adult learning
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Adult Learning Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
“support system” means a common system and set of business processes operated
by the Department to focus on the administration of labour market programs and
services for its Provincial partners, currently operating under the name of the
Labour Market Programs Support System (LaMPSS);
“learning organization” means an organization that provides adult-learning
programs and services to adult learners;
“Minister’s Adult Learner Demographic Form” means the Departmental survey
designed to collect demographic information on adult learners.
Criteria for recognized learning organization
3 To be eligible as a recognized learning organization, a learning organization must
(a) comply with all the support system’s applicable guidelines, business
processes and contract terms and conditions; and
(b) meet all of the following criteria:
(i) it must not charge tuition,
(ii) it must offer adult-learning programs, by 1 or both of the following
methods:
(A) in a group setting,
(B) by individual tutoring,
(iii) it must meet the requirements for adult-learning programs in Section
4,
(iv) it must register adult learners in the method required by the Minister,
(v) it must ensure that all its registered adult learners complete any
Departmental surveys within the time required by the Minister,
(vi) it must approve and maintain an individualized learning plan for each
of its registered adult learners, jointly developed with the adult
learner,
(vii) it must keep daily attendance records for its registered adult learners
and provide the records to the Minister on request,
(viii) it must complete and submit program and financial reports in the
form and in the time required by the Minister.
Requirements for adult-learning programs
4 An adult-learning program must meet all of the following requirements:
(a) it must use adult-learning curricula and program resources approved
by the Minister;
(b) it must ensure that its instructors, teachers and voluntary and paid
tutors attend professional development training for the adult-learning
program curricula and as required by the Minister;
(c) it must use assessment processes approved by the Minister.
Obligations of adult learners
5 An adult learner registered with a recognized learning organization has all of the
following obligations:
(a) they must jointly develop their individualized learning plan with the
learning organization;
(b) they must attend the learning program at the times required by the learning
organization;
(c) they must complete the Minister’s Adult Learner Demographic Form, or
any other Departmental survey, within the time required by the learning
organization.
Designated component annual report
6 An annual report to the Minister with respect to a designated component must include all
of the following statistical information:
(a) the number of learning organizations funded by the designated component;
(b) for each learning organization funded by the designated component:
(i) the number of adult learners registered in the year,
(ii) the number of adult learners who meet learning plan learning
objectives.
Recognition of adult learning
7 The following credentials and prior learning may be recognized for the purpose of adult
learning supported by designated components under Section 12 of the Act:
(a) an international credential that is generally recognized in other jurisdictions;
(b) prior learning that is generally recognized by other jurisdictions;
(c) the Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC).
The following regulations are not yet in force and are
not included in the current consolidation: