Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to make sure the Member understands that an increase in the pupil/teacher ratio does not benefit a larger community over a smaller community. It makes a teacher's job more difficult, no matter what community they are working in. This is not a situation where we are robbing from the smaller communities to provide better services in the larger communities. It just means that every teacher across the Northwest Territories will have more students in their class. I think that the member can be assured that the department works with representatives from all the divisional education councils when setting out the formulas to ensure that as best as is possible, the formulas are applied in an equitable manner across the Northwest Territories. What happens though is that those areas where the population is growing more quickly than in others, because they see a tremendous growth in the number of students, are the areas where there is usually some increase in funding and perhaps then less of a decrease in the number of teachers although that does not mean that each teacher has fewer students in their class. They will all have a larger number of students in their class. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 495-13(4): Budget Cuts To Beaufort Delta Region
In the Legislative Assembly on May 29th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 495-13(4): Budget Cuts To Beaufort Delta Region
Question 495-13(4): Budget Cuts To Beaufort Delta Region
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 28th, 1997
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