An Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) is not only important, it is critical for your future. Whether you aspire to attend a post-secondary college or university, apprentice in a trade, integrate into the community, directly enter the workplace, or even, start your own business, the choice to earn an OSSD promises greater success.
While many online high schools offer credits towards the OSSD, TVO ILC is one of the only online high schools authorized by the Ontario Ministry of Education to grant credits and the Ontario Secondary School Diploma itself. Earn your degree with the flexibility your life demands, and you’ll have everything you need to confidently progress towards your goals on whichever educational pathway you choose.
Earn a High School Diploma and Change Your Life
An Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) is not only important, it is critical for your future. Whether you aspire to attend a post-secondary college or university, apprentice in a trade, integrate into the community, directly enter the workplace, or even, start your own business, the choice to earn an OSSD promises greater success.
While many online high schools offer credits towards the OSSD, TVO ILC is one of the only online high schools authorized by the Ontario Ministry of Education to grant credits and the Ontario Secondary School Diploma itself. Earn your degree with the flexibility your life demands, and you’ll have everything you need to confidently progress towards your goals on whichever educational pathway you choose.
It’s proven! An OSSD can positively:
Increase your job options and opportunities
Contribute to your future income
Enhance understanding of your community, your country and the world
Inspire and impact the next generation
Increase your job options and opportunities
Contribute to your future income
Enhance understanding of your community, your country and the world
Inspire and impact the next generation
Are you an adult learner looking to earn your OSSD?
Turn your life experiences into high school credits with Mature PLAR
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) for mature students is a way to recognize lived experience with academic credits.
To earn credits towards the OSSD, students may have their knowledge and skills evaluated against the expectations outlined in the provincial curriculum.
Fulfill a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement
Fulfill a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement
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Meet the Secondary School Literacy Graduation Requirement
Meet the Secondary School Literacy Graduation Requirement
The Literacy Requirement is based on the reading and writing expectations in the Ontario curriculum up to the end of Grade 9 and ensures students have the reading and writing skills to be successful in school, at work, and in daily life. The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) is the standard means for meeting the Literacy Requirement.
Students who pass the course are considered to have met the Literacy Requirement.
Notes:
1. To meet individual student needs, principals may replace up to 3 of the 18 compulsory credits from the remainder of those that meet the compulsory credit requirements (substitutions).
2. English as a second language and English literacy development: A maximum of 3 credits may be used to meet requirements for English compulsory credits.
3. French as a second language: A maximum of 2 credits may be used to meet the additional compulsory credit requirement (1 credit from Group 1, and 1 credit from either Group 2 or 3).
4. Cooperative education: A maximum of 2 credits may be used to meet the additional compulsory credit requirement (from any of Groups 1, 2 or 3).
Pre-1999 Requirements
If you began high school before 1999 (but did not graduate) and wish to earn your OSSD, you must complete:
16 compulsory credits
14 elective credits
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Complete 16 compulsory credits
Complete 16 compulsory credits
English/francais (5 credits, at least 2 in the Senior Division Footnote one* )
