Intensive Newcomer Support Grant
“Manitoba. Education”
The funder does not disclose this information
Maximum Eligible Amount
Government Grant
Fund Type
Newcomers with disrupted schooling and limited English-language and literacy skills require specialized and intensive early intervention support services that meet their educational needs within age-appropriate settings. Through such services, students are more likely to stay in school and acquire the foundational skills required for general and EAL-supported programming, graduate with a Senior Years diploma, continue their studies in the postsecondary and adult education systems, and/or successfully transition to the workplace.
To support an influx of newcomers entering the education system in Manitoba, the annual Intensive Newcomer Support Grant will be increased to a $2.4 million investment for the 2023-24 school year, Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Wayne Ewasko announced today. 29June2023
- To develop students’ foundational literacy skills in English (and possibly their first or home language); develop English-language proficiency; to provide instructional strategies that integrate language and content that enables students to develop a firm academic foundation; to provide subject-area concepts and skills appropriate to age and year levels; to assist students to adapt to the new culture, to gain multicultural understanding, and to promote intercultural communication and develop basic survival skills; to prepare students for and facilitate their integration that will allow them to transition to and perform successfully in a regular school program
- To support students in developing appropriate study skills or learning-how-to-learn skills; to monitor and address the welfare and settlement needs of students who may have significant health and well-being issues associated with trauma and years spent in a war zone or refugee camp; encourage secondary students to continue their education and increase their access to long-term educational opportunities; assist students to decide on and access appropriate educational and vocational pathways
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