Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you colleagues. The new Education Act has increased the student/teacher ratio in classroom and this, the Minister of Education advises, will continue. The Education Act has provisions for funding for students with special needs. Sounds great for those who need it. However, schools are forced to then prioritize how they will use that funding within the school system having to choose one child's needs over another. Mr. Speaker, how can the school tell the parent of a child with special needs that their child cannot receive special programming because the resources were used for another. Educational institutions are being forced to make these tough decisions. We have all heard the term, education is the key to the future of the north. Mr. Speaker, I suggest that we will have to do more to provide that key. Later today, I will be asking the Minister of Education on this particular topic. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Seamus Henry on Member's Statement 418-13(4): Educating Disabled Children
In the Legislative Assembly on October 2nd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Member's Statement 418-13(4): Educating Disabled Children
Item 3: Members' Statements
October 1st, 1997
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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