Parents and counsellors

You play a critical role in helping a student succeed in obtaining a post-secondary education. This section contains some resources and information to help your student(s) navigate a lot of important decisions.

Labour Market Insight

The Labour Market Information website provides up-to-date data and insights on jobs, wages, employment trends and in-demand skills in Nova Scotia. It offers tools and resources to support career exploration, job searching and education planning, helping you make informed decisions about the future.

Choosing the right school and program

Not all school programs offer the same return on the student’s investment. Families usually expect that investing in post-secondary education will lead to the student achieving their educational, career and repayment goals.

Learn more about how you can evaluate a school and program to be sure your student chooses and invests in a path that will pay off later.

Financing school

This website has:

• a large, comprehensive section to help first-time applicants to navigate the student assistance funding process, including a step-by-step guide through the process:
  • Get the Facts (about the program and what it offers)
  • Get Ready (start up to a year before applying)
  • Get Started (submitting the initial application)
  • Get it In (submitting any other information needed)
  • Get Money (when and how does the money arrive?)
• info about why student assistance is a good way to help pay for school
• information about other ways that students can pay for school