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The Manitoba government announced plans Monday to eliminate almost all elected school boards across the province (including the Flin Flon School Division board) and to amalgamate the FFSD with three other northern divisions. The changes are part of the provincial government’s Kindergarten-Grade 12 education review and Bill 64, the proposed “Education Modernization Act”, which was publicly released March 15. The report was formally completed last March, but its release was delayed for a full year due to COVID-19. The act was introduced in Manitoba’s legislature back in November, but the contents of the act were not made public, even to MLAs, until March 15.
Students, faculty continue pushback on post-secondary bill s dangerous precedent
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Advanced Education Minister Wayne Ewasko should withdraw the bill until he s properly consulted with student and faculty groups, says Jamie Moses (above), NDP critic for economic development and training. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Organizations representing post-secondary students and faculty are calling on the Progressive Conservative government to withdraw a bill they feel would infringe upon academic freedom and negatively affect services.
Organizations representing post-secondary students and faculty are calling on the Progressive Conservative government to withdraw a bill they feel would infringe upon academic freedom and negatively affect services.
Posted: Mar 12, 2021 7:02 PM CT | Last Updated: March 13
Student union fees won t be affected by a new government bill that gives the minister in charge of post-secondary the power to set guidelines for certain tuition fees and student fees.(Jeff Stapleton/CBC)
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ONE of the many benefits of higher education aside from higher incomes, lower unemployment, better health and reduced social inequality is that it inoculates individuals against authoritarianism. More education leaves one less inclined to support autocratic leaders who enforce a strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
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ONE of the many benefits of higher education aside from higher incomes, lower unemployment, better health and reduced social inequality is that it inoculates individuals against authoritarianism. More education leaves one less inclined to support autocratic leaders who enforce a strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.