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Education
Ontario
of the Deputy Minister
of Education
Memorandum
No. 11
Date of Issue: April 30, 1986
Effective: Until revoked
or modified
Subject: 1. Ontario Student Transcript (OST)
2. Common Course Codes (CCC)
Aoplication: Directors of Education
School Principals
Reference: This memorandum replaces Records /Data
Memorandum No. 11, June 7, 1984.
Implementation of the Common Course Codes (CCC) and the
Ontario Student Transcript (OST) became compulsory in Ontario
secondary schools as of September 1, 1985. Ministry of Education
policy requirements for the CCC and the OST were set out in
Records /Data Memorandum No. 11, June 7, 1984.
Secondary schools and school boards have worked diligently to
comply with CCC and OST requirements.
Some concerns have been identified during this conversion
process that the modifications and clarifications outlined below
are intended to address.
1. Ontario Student Transcript (OST)
'11 '"y' a) Revised OST Manual
A revised OST manual will be distributed in the spring
of 1986. This manual will incorporate modifications and
clarify existing requirements. It will replace Records /Data
Memorandum No. 11, September 16, 1983, and Records /Data
Memorandum No. 11, June 7, 1984.
It will be scheduled for review in 1990.
b) Modi±ications to OST Conversion Requirements
i) An official OST will be required for all students
enrolled in an Ontario secondary school course or
program on or after September 1, 1984. The conversion
of courses to common course codes and /or titles will
therefore be limited to the following years:
Date
Sept. 1, 1984
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11
11
11
Grade
13
12
11
10
9
Courses Requiring
Conversion*
1980, 81, 82, 83, 84 courses
1981, 82, 83, 84
1982, 83, 84
1983, 84
1984
* Pre -1980 courses will be converted to CCCs and /or
common course titles if they were included in a
student record of achievement.
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ii) Exceptions
Students who were not enrolled in an Ontario secondary
school course or program on September 1, 1984, but
require an OST for the purpose ot entering an Ontario
secondary school credit course or program, will be
provided with an official OST from their last school of
attendance.
2. Common Course Codes (CCC)
a) Revised CCC Manual
A revised CCC manual will be distributed in the spring
of 1986. This manual will incorporate modifications and
clarify existing requirements. It will replace Records /Data
Memorandum No. 11, September 16, 1983, and Records /Data
Memorandum No. 11, June 7, 1984.
It will be scheduled for review in 1990.
b) CCC Tables
Attached to this memorandum is a sample of the CCC tables
that will be included in the revised CCC manual. These
tables will refer each CCC and title to a curriculum
guideline. New curriculum guidelines will be released with
CCC table insert pages. The revised manual will thus include
a complete and up -to -date record of all CCCs and titles.
c) CCC Characters
The CCCs will continue to have five designated common
characters. The meaning ot any additional characters added
to the CCC will be fixed by the secondary school or school
board and will apply in its jurisdiction only.
d) Modifications to CCC Requirements
These modifications will be mandatory as of
August 31, 1987.
i) Non - guideline courses
The fifth character of the CCC will be used to
identify a non - guideline course:
'X' will indicate a non - guideline course offered at
the advanced level of difficulty;
'Y' will indicate a non - guideline course offered at
the general level of ditticulty;
'Z' will indicate a non - guideline course offered at
the basic level of difficulty.
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- All approved non - guideline courses will have a
common course title designation that identifies
their subject group.
ii) Co- operative education programs
— The CCC will remain the same for both the
"in- school" and "out -of- school" components of
a co- operative education program.
- The common course title will include the
designation "(Co -op Ed)" beside the subject title
for the out -of- school component of the program only.
Example:
in- school - BAC 3G Accounting
out -of- school - BAC 3G Accounting (Co -op Ed)
- The credit and achievement columns on the OST
will show a separate credit allocation and mark for
both the out -of- school and in- school parts of the
program.
Common Course Code
Application
Curriculum Guideline
Course
code
Course title
Title
abbreviation
;Title
Date
of
issue
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