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Diploma Requirements for Grade 11 & 12 cohorts
Diploma Requirements for Grade 11 & 12 cohorts
Grades 11-12 for 2025-2026 school year
Diploma Requirements for Grade 9 & 10 cohorts
Diploma Requirements for Grade 9 & 10 cohorts
Grades 9-10 for 2025-2026 school year
CHOICES - Planning For Grade 9 24-25.pdf
Community Service
Community Service
What is Community Involvement?
What is Community Involvement?
An event or activity designed to be of benefit to the community
A graduation requirement for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma
Total of 40 hours of community involvement activities **
A volunteer activity – not for pay or credit
A constructive contribution to the community
Why has the Ministry of Education mandated it?
Why has the Ministry of Education mandated it?
Reinforces civic responsibility
Strengthens the community
Enhances one’s self-confidence and self-image
Offers networking for future employment
Provides an experience for students to include in their portfolios
When must students complete it?
When must students complete it?
Any time during the secondary school program, beginning the summer before students enter grade 9, and prior to graduation
Outside class hours, for example:
during lunch breaks
in the evening
on weekends
during school breaks
during the summer months
To learn more, check out this FACT SHEET
Literacy Requirement
Literacy Requirement
Online Learning Requirement
Online Learning Requirement
The Ontario Ministry of Education has introduced a new graduation requirement for secondary students to complete two e-Learning credits as part of the 30 credits required for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). It applies only to students who entered Grade 9 on or after September 1, 2020 which means that they are now in Grade 9 or Grade 10.
Students may withdraw/opt out of this new requirement and graduate with an OSSD (details below).
Online learning supports the development of digital literacy and other transferable skills that will help prepare students for success after graduation
e-Learning Credit Course
e-Learning credit courses are delivered using an asynchronous model, which includes digital content such as readings, videos, blogs, commentaries, and online discussion boards. Students complete the assigned work independently and teachers provide ongoing support for student learning through exemplars, rubrics, tutorials and individual conferences. Evaluation is continuous throughout the course with the teacher providing descriptive feedback.
Opting-Out of the e-Learning Graduation Requirement
Students may withdraw from the online e-Learning requirement. A parent/caregiver/guardian or student (18 years of age or older or 16 or 17 years of age and withdrawn from parental control) may withdraw by submitting the TDSB Opt Out/Withdrawal Form to their school. No explanation or reason is needed to opt out/withdraw.
For more information regarding the online learning requirement, please click on this link Diploma/Online-Learning Requirement
PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition)
PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition)
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is the formal evaluation and credit-granting process whereby students may obtain credits for prior learning. Prior learning includes the knowledge and skills that students have acquired, in both formal and informal ways, outside secondary school. Students may have their knowledge and skills evaluated against the expectations outlined in provincial curriculum policy documents in order to earn credits towards the secondary school diploma. The PLAR process involves two components: "challenge" and "equivalency".
The "challenge" process is the process whereby students' prior learning is assessed for the purpose of granting credit for a Grade 10, 11, or 12 course developed from a provincial curriculum policy document published in 1999 or later.
The "equivalency" process is the process of assessing credentials from other jurisdictions.
All credits granted through the PLAR process – that is, through either the challenge process or the equivalency process – must represent the same standards of achievement as credits granted to students who have taken the courses.
For more detailed information, please visit https://www.tdsb.on.ca/High-School/Guidance/PLAR
Key dates in the 2025-2026 PLAR challenge process:
STEP 1: APPLICATION PROCESS
January 14, 2026 - PLAR Challenge applications available online.
February 26, 2026 - Applications, with appropriate documentation, must be submitted by 4:00 pm to the school Guidance Office.
March 25, 2026 - Principal or school designate notifies applicants if their application was successful or unsuccessful in proceeding to step 2, the PLAR Assessment. Unsuccessful applicants may file an appeal within 5 days.
Successful applicants will move on to step 2 of the process.
April 1, 2026 - Final date for successful students to confirm, in writing, that they are committed to undertake the challenge process.
STEP 2: ASSESSMENT PROCESS
April 7, 2026 to April 10, 2026 - PLAR Assessors contact students to schedule assessments.
April 13, 2026 to May 8, 2026 - Students complete PLAR Assessments
May 1, 2026 - Last date for students to withdraw from Challenge without a mark appearing on the transcript.
May 27, 2026 - Students to receive final mark
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