The Manitoba government is bringing back province-wide Grade 12 exams in English and math starting in the 2023-24 school year.
The tests were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic and have not been administered since 2020. The reason being that the mixture of in-class and remote learning led to students not receiving equal access to learning and instruction.
Last August, the government had announced plans for less-formal assessments of student achievement in Grade 10. Education Minister Wayne Ewasko says the school system will soon have both.
He says reviving the final exams will be a good way to gauge whether the assessments in the earlier grade are working and if students are improving.
