News - Education

Education Minister Nancy Allan will be joined today by representatives from the Manitoba Association of School Superintendents (MASS), the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) and the Manitoba School Boards Association (MSBA) to officially launch Education Week 2012.

The University of Winnipeg launched the Youth In Care Tuition Waiver program to ensure that youth who have grown up in care can dream about and plan for their academic future at UWinnipeg regardless of socio-economic background.

New funding totalling $1.8 million for early literacy and numeracy initiatives will improve reading, writing and math skills of students from kindergarten to Grade 8.

Young people in Manitoba will continue to have access to a resource that allows them to learn about career and education options, thanks to support from the federal and provincial governments.

The Manitoba government has made steady progress on the priorities of families, Premier Greg Selinger said recently when marking the end of the fall session of the legislature.

An oversight committee that includes parents, teachers, school administrators and trustees will work in partnership with government to implement a new initiative to limit class sizes to a maximum of 20 students for kindergarten through Grade 3 starting in 2012.

A new host of programs designed to help keep Manitoba youth engaged in school, active in their communities and supported with the tools they need to succeed are beginning to be rolled out.

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy released a study authored by Frontier’s education research fellow Michael Zwaagstra.

Improving health care and building Manitoba’s economy by expanding education, training and job opportunities are the government’s top priorities outlined in today’s speech from the throne.

Supporters of all political parties in the Manitoba election support removing education tax from the property tax bill, says a new poll conducted by the Manitoba Real Estate Association (MREA) and CJOB 68.