The number of students going the home-school route in Manitoba has nearly doubled compared to last year.
As of September 25, the province reports around 6,600 students are either registered or in the queue for home-school — that’s up from the roughly 3,700 registrations on file last fall.
Many attribute the significant increase in home-school numbers to the anxieties around COVID exposures in schools. At this time, public health has reported cases at over 20 schools in Manitoba.
At the direction of the province, school divisions are only able to provide remote learning plans to students who have an underlying medical condition, or those with an immunocompromised family member.
