Following allegations of sexual misconduct involving public school teachers in P.E.I., representatives from the Department of Education said all school staff have received updated training.

Education representatives told a standing committee on education and economic growth this week that school staff, teachers, custodians, bus drivers and others must now complete Commit to Kids, a national training program from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. The course teaches staff how to recognize signs of child abuse and how to report it.

Representatives said that about 99 per cent of staff in both the Public Schools Branch and the Commission Scolaire de Langue Française have already finished the training.

Records of employment gaps

John Cummings, acting deputy minister of education, pre

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