Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect. I truly feel education is the best way for our children to reach their full potential. We need to make sure that no child is cheated out of this opportunity. When I travel around to the communities, when I to go the schools I find that the teachers and principals tell us that most of the students do really well until they reach grade 6 or 7. The girls usually do pretty well. The young guys seem to have a few more problems and some of them drop out. I think that's the crux of the issue. We need to find ways that they are engaged, that they see education is their way to the future.
We need to work very closely with the education authorities, the Department of Education. I know they have found very innovative ways to make sure students keep attending school. If you don't attend, you fall behind, and when you fall behind, eventually you drop out. Those who have taken very innovative ways, the mentoring teachers, teachers who are assigned to different students and all the different ways you can use to engage students, make sure they attend classes and listen to the parents and education authorities, work together. I think that's the best way so we can keep our kids in school. As I always say, we ask our kids to stay in school, so we have to keep our end of the bargain so there are jobs and opportunities for them when they graduate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect.