Teachers Accept Contract

Nova Scotia's 9,500 public school teachers have accepted a new three-year agreement with the province.

Members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union ratified the agreement today, April 18.

"I am pleased the teachers have approved this agreement," said Ramona Jennex, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. "This agreement is fair to teachers, allows the province to live within its means, and is in the best interest of public education."

Teachers will receive a two per cent wage increase in the first year, followed by increases of 2.5 and three per cent in subsequent years.

The last contract expired July 31, 2012.