A Manitoba mother says she found it difficult to teach using the remote learning material provided by teachers during the pandemic.

Rob Fleming was also set to tour a Greater Victoria middle school to see the measures in place to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Education Minister Rob Fleming says 35 per cent of students from kindergarten to Grade 5 have informed their schools they plan to return for in-class leaning.

On Monday thousands of B.C. students will go back to school for the first time since before spring break in March.

The president of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation said class size and composition still needs to be addressed.

The minister says teachers have been working from home and he expects they will still be able to begin their summer break at the regular time.

B.C. schools will be open on an optional, part-time basis on June 1.

The teachers' goal is to put a spotlight on the importance of physical education for students' physical and mental health.

B.C. teachers have ratified a new three-year deal approving general rate increases of two per cent each year.

New Brunswick schools will open next week to allow students to collect personal items left behind in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.