WINNIPEG – James Allum’s vow to fix the province’s school system may sound familiar.
“We should do better, we can do better, we will do better,” the Manitoba education minister told a news conference Tuesday in reaction to the results of the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program showing grade 8 students in Manitoba with test scores in reading, math and science lower than anywhere else in Canada.
But it’s not the first time Manitoba’s NDP government and its education minister have been shamed by such a report, and promised to fix the problem.
The last time the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program made its report, in 2010, Manitoba students ranked second-worst in all areas.
“We want to do better and we will do better,” then-education minister Nancy Allan promised.
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