News - Students

The Manitoba government is moving forward on its commitment to parents to reduce the size of kindergarten to Grade 3 classes, Education Minister Nancy Allan announced.

Manitoba Public Insurance is reminding high school students about significant changes to its Driver Education program.

Students in Provencher will have an opportunity to gain valuable work experience and earn money for the upcoming school year thanks to the federal Canada Summer Jobs initiative.

Students of all ages will have the opportunity to get in motion and learn how to geocache through the new Healthy Schools in motion Geocaching Loaner Program.

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.

Manitoba has launched a first-of-its-kind, province-wide pilot project giving Grade 1 teachers the training and tools to help thousands of young children develop social, emotional and self-discipline skills by playing the PAX Good Behaviour Game.

The Honourable Vic Toews, Member of Parliament for Provencher, encouraged community based organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses to apply for funding through the Canada Summer Jobs program to help create jobs for students this summer.

Manitoba students in grades 5 to 12 will have the opportunity to create their own anti-tobacco videos as part of Create and Rate, an anti-tobacco video challenge.

The Prairie Swine Centre and Gowans Feed Consulting have teamed up to create a new first of its kind student award in nutrition.

Manitoba’s public college and university presidents have signed an historic memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will make it easier for students to transfer credits between post-secondary institutions and receive credit for prior learning as they work toward careers in today’s provincial economy.