Hon. Titus Allooloo's return to Question 45-12(2), asked by Mr. Koe on June 26, 1992:
There are 1004 teaching positions in the Northwest Territories. Eight-hundred and twenty-four of these positions are staffed GNWT teaching positions. The remaining 180 teachers are working for the two Yellowknife boards of education.
There are 674 staffed Union of Northern Workers positions in the Department of Education, the eight divisional boards of education and the Board of Secondary Education.
Twenty-five per cent of the staffed GNWT teaching positions, 203 positions, are hold by aboriginal teachers; 39 per cent of the staffed GNWT Union of Northern Workers positions are held by aboriginal employees.
The goal of the Department of Education is to reach 50 per cent aboriginal teachers by the year 2000. To reach this goal the department has: a) provided for the training and certification of aboriginal language specialist teachers; b) initiated community-based delivery of teacher education programs; and c) is reviewing the roles and relationships of the Department of Education, school boards and Arctic College, as well as the program delivery, funding and student support issues which were identified at the November 1991 teacher education conference. This review will ensure that training for school community counsellors and special needs assistants is co-ordinated with teacher training, and will ensure that the resources available to train northern educators is used effectively. The review will be completed this fiscal year.