The Gallant Government has focused on education, making major investments in our schools, hiring 100 new teachers, and bringing the trades back.

Your government’s multi-year economic growth plan includes major investments in education and post-secondary education. These investments help develop a strong workforce, which, in turn, helps strengthen our economy.

• We’re investing more in education than ever before, including:
• Creating 10-year education plans so that young people have the strongest education system possible.

• Investing more than $292 million to upgrade current schools and build new ones since October 2014.

• Entering into a $71 million three-year bilateral early learning and childcare agreement with the federal government.

• Created the Free Tuition Program and the Tuition Relief for the Middle Class program, to provide upfront assistance to New Brunswick students and make post-secondary education more accessible and affordable.

• Developed the Youth Employment Fund to give youth more opportunity to stay in New Brunswick and the chance to get hands-on work experience.

• Teaching trades in schools to better prepare young people for future opportunities and investing to upgrade and build trade spaces in schools.

• Returned Grade 1 French immersion to 68 schools across the province beginning in September 2017.