Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement I brought up some education concerns. I have received many letters, phone calls, E-mails over the past few months on this matter and I have spoken about them in this House before. Mr. Speaker, I know the Minister is working diligently to try to address some of these issues - and I am not criticizing the Minister here - I am trying to give some constructive criticism and to articulate some of the concerns I have heard. Mr. Speaker, my question for the Minister is concerning the Department of Education. The department had allocated $350,000 which comes out to be $26.18 per student for textbooks, materials and in-servicing for the new math program. However, at the end of the day when you add up those students and the amount of money given, it comes out to $22 per text which is $4.18 for the other areas. Mr. Speaker, there is also instances where the teachers do not have a curriculum. In one case a teacher has been teaching

for a long time without a curriculum or textbooks, where we have teachers buying the materials themselves out of their own pocket. This is not acceptable. So, I am wondering what the Minister is going to do to address these most serious concerns. Thank you.