MITT to offer early child educator diploma

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The Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology is offering courses to help early childhood educators level up without pausing their career.

MITT’s newest workplace diploma, a two-year program targeted at early-career ECEs, is slated to launch in January 2026.

Candidates will split their time between a post-secondary classroom and their current workplace.

“Their child care job serves as both an employment and a learning lab,” MITT said in a news release Wednesday.

Dean Curtis Aab said in the release that the program aims to address a growing demand for skilled child care workers across Manitoba.

The model “meets that need without pulling people out of the workforce,” Aab said.

Students will be able to apply for up to $5,000 in tuition rebates per year via the Canada-Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.

Child-care centres can apply for a provincial grant to hire a replacement when an student-employee is at school.

MITT has temporarily waived application fees for the new program.