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The executive director of Farm and Food Care Ontario is encouraging farmers to focus on the food they produce when communicating with consumers.

This week, thousands of parents across the province will receive a new, plain language provincial report card as school breaks for the summer, Education Minister Nancy Allan announced.

Education Minister Nancy Allan announced the release of a newly revised kindergarten to Grade 8 math curriculum to provide students with skills necessary to succeed in math.

The Manitoba government is moving forward to reduce kindergarten to Grade 3 class sizes with the first phase of its infrastructure plan to add additional classrooms across the province.

To help meet the growing demand for skilled workers in Manitoba, the provincial government is providing $500,000 to upgrade technical vocational equipment used to train high school students.

Starting in August 2013, Red River College’s Steinbach Campus will begin offering the LPN to BN (Licensed Practical Nurse to Bachelor of Nursing) Program.

The Manitoba government continues to reduce class sizes for children in kindergarten to Grade 3 by providing additional new funding of $4 million for the province’s Class Size Initiative in 2013-14.

The provincial government will increase funding for Manitoba schools by $27.2 million or 2.3 per cent in the coming year to give students better supports and more of the attention they need.

The provincial government has introduced legislation that would strengthen parental involvement in the education system and recognize the Manitoba Association of Parent Councils (MAPC) as the official representative of parent councils in Manitoba.

Manitoba will build on its success in increasing apprenticeship and trades opportunities for more Manitobans and grow Manitoba’s skilled workforce through a new program called Skill Build.