Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Education. This is in relation to adult education. According to studies that the GNWT has done, the majority of aboriginal people drop out of school around the grade 9 level. As a result, many of those people usually go onto social assistance, and also they are more likely to be incarcerated and place a greater burden on our resources. I would like to see more emphasis placed on adult education so that we can help these people who have dropped out of school for one reason or another. It seems that some areas are more lucky than others as far as having base-funded adult educators in their communities, and other communities have to scramble to maintain an adult educator from whatever source possible and then to get allowances for their students. I would ask the Minister if there is any way that we can place adult educators in all the communities where the numbers of student warrant it. Thank you.
Roy Erasmus on Question 47-13(2): Requirement For Additional Community Adult Educators
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 1996. See this statement in context.
Question 47-13(2): Requirement For Additional Community Adult Educators
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 15th, 1996
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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