The Manitoba government is investing $230,400 to support French‑language math education across the province, including students in Churchill. Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt announced the funding on January 9, 2026, saying it will provide continued access to curriculum‑aligned online resources for students in Grades 1 through 9.
The investment pays for three years of access to the Netmath online platform — a fully bilingual, curriculum‑aligned resource — covering the 2025–26, 2026–27 and 2027–28 academic years. For students at Churchill’s Duke of Marlborough School, the digital tool helps ensure access to the same high‑quality learning materials available to students in southern parts of the province.
Officials note that a digital platform helps address northern logistical challenges such as high shipping costs for physical textbooks and the difficulty of delivering specialized in‑person professional learning to remote northern communities. Netmath also allows teachers to assign tasks and monitor student progress in real time, so educators can identify where a student is struggling and provide targeted support quickly.
The announcement comes as Manitoba has renewed its Grade 9 math curriculum to embed financial literacy concepts. The government says the Netmath investment will support approximately 12,000 French and French Immersion students and their teachers annually by funding access to the platform for the 2025–26 through 2027–28 academic years.
For more information, see the Government of Manitoba news release on the investment.
