The 2025-26 Education Sector Staffing Profile, compiled by the Ministry of Education, shows a net loss of 26 classroom teachers and 47 educational assistants across the province year-over-year. This decline comes despite overall enrollment being up with nearly a thousand more middle school students and nearly a thousand more secondary school students.
“School divisions are being forced to make very difficult decisions — the direct results of years of Sask. Party cuts to per-student funding,” said Matt Love NDP Shadow Minister for Education. “Scott Moe refuses to support classrooms and there are fewer teachers as a result. He wastes money left, right and center, drowns our province in $40-billion of debt and it’s our kids that pay the price for his failures.”
The reports found that rural school divisions were hit the hardest, collectively losing 54 classroom teachers, widening the gap between urban and rural education opportunities.
“Every day we are on edge waiting for the school to call us,” said Tanner Henry, a Saskatoon father of a child with complex needs. “Whether its lack of support staff or change in routine, it is uncommon for our daughter to attend a full week of school.
“To hear that there are less staff in our schools this year compared to last year is mind-blowing and infuriating.”
In November, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) released a report that found 98 per cent of education workers surveyed said Sask. Party cuts over the past two years have negatively impacted their schools with declining morale, increased safety concerns and the elimination of one-on-one supports.
A 2025 study from the Fraser Institute found that while education funding increased in most provinces between 2013 and 2023, Saskatchewan recorded a 15 per cent decrease in inflation-adjusted per-student funding, leaving schools with fewer dollars to meet growing demands.
“Our students deserve better,” said Love “It’s time for a government that will properly fund public education and ensure every child — no matter where they live — has the support they need to succeed. It’s time for change.”
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