TIPP has been designed to foster collaboration among school boards, faculties of education, and the private sector in better integrating information technology into Ontario's elementary and secondary school systems. English as a second language programs are widely available to children whose first spoken language is not English. Ontario's universities and colleges employ some of the best faculties in the world. The 1996 Global Competitiveness Report reported that Canada has the highest rate of post-secondary enrolment in the world. There are 25 colleges with more than 100 campuses throughout the province.
Colleges prepare students for careers in business, applied arts, technology, and health sciences.
They also offer an extensive range of part-time and continuing education courses, apprenticeships and skills training programs. Ontario's universities and university-related institutions offer a complete range of programs in the arts and sciences, as well as graduate and professional programs. Total enrolment in Ontario universities was over 228,000 students for the fall semester of 1996. Co-op programs, offered at several universities in certain programs, provide alternating terms of academic study and work experience. Ontario's post-secondary education system attracts students from all over the world.