Manitoba’s largest school division will no longer offer full-day kindergarten and that worries local early-childhood activists. Eleven schools in the Winnipeg School Division are involved in what has been nearly an eight-year-long pilot program.
Winnipeg Free Press
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Winnipeg Free Press
As public school enrolment dropped during an atypical back-to-school season, homeschooling figures surged in the fall, especially in early grades: the number of kindergarten students registered rose by more than 200 per cent.
The province has published its 2020-21 enrolment report, which compiles headcounts taken in the public, independent and homeschool education systems, as of Sept. 30.
The latest annual report indicates 205,662 students are enrolled in K-12 classrooms, 88 per cent of which are in public schools, across Manitoba.
Total school division registrations typically fluctuate within one per cent of an increase every year, but approximately five per cent fewer students are attending public school this year in comparison to 2019.