Breton Education Centre (BEC) is a co-ed high school with students from grades 6–12 in New Waterford, Nova Scotia.

[1] It is part of the Cape Breton – Victoria Regional School Board.

BEC opened in 1970 in New Waterford, NS serving 2,300 students from grades 7–12.

The enrolment has dwindled for the past couple of decades as well as in other schools in surrounding areas.

Every year BEC holds their annual Coal Bowl Classic, a tradition since 1981.