The Manitoba government has released a new set of guidelines for students who are staying home due to the coronavirus pandemic and sent it to school divisions in the province.
School divisions say they received the document on Friday, April 17. The document outlines a minimum average of five hours per week of curriculum-based learning for students from kindergarten to Grade 4 and 10 hours per week for students in grades 5 to 8.
Teachers of grades 9 to 12 are being directed to plan for a minimum of three hours of curriculum-based learning per course per week for semestered courses.
The document also warns that high school students “who do not engage in remote learning will be required to undertake recovery learning next school year.” It goes