Adult education gets $20M

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ADULT education programs will receive one-time COVID-19 relief grants to cover pandemic expenses this year, in addition to annual funding.

Manitoba announced more than $20 million in operating grants for adult learning centres and literacy programs Wednesday, a sum that includes special pandemic grants totalling $50,400.

“It’s to make sure that the education component is delivered in a safe manner, and making sure that the centres are all complying with public health orders,” said Wayne Ewasko, minister of advanced education and skills.

These learning facilities are not unlike any other classrooms that have required additional sanitation and personal protective equipment to keep students and staff safe this year, he said.

Adult Learning Centres offer tuition-free high school credits and upgrading courses, while the Manitoba adult literacy program funds organizations to deliver education that addresses adults’ reading and writing needs.

Thirty of the former agencies, including a new amalgamated Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology program that will combine six centres, will receive upwards of $17 million in operating grants this year.

More than $2.5 million in grants will be distributed to 29 agencies part of the latter group, as well as COVID-19 relief grants.