Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government is to reveal today its plan to overhaul the province’s education system.
Education Minister Cliff Cullen has said the changes are aimed at improving student outcomes and cutting administration costs from kindergarten to Grade 12.
The government has repeatedly hinted that it may sharply reduce the number of school divisions and has not ruled out replacing elected school boards with a provincewide advisory council.
The lead consultant on the government’s review, Avis Glaze, earlier reviewed Nova Scotia’s school system, which enacted those changes.
The Manitoba School Boards Association says elected boards must be preserved because they are connected to their communities.
The government report is also expected to weigh in on whether a licensing body should be created that could discipline teachers and whether standardized testing should be changed.
