Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the NWT Training Centre is an important educational institution in Inuvik. The adults in my community who have a low level of education need a place where they can learn. The students that attend the training centre learn basic literacy, life skills and basic job readiness. The majority of students who attend the training centre are single mothers who left the school system before graduating. The students' education levels vary. Most are at the elementary school level? The NWT Training Centre is the only educational institution in Inuvik that serves adults who do not have their grade eight. This means that if a single mother aged 30 only has a grade five education, this is the only institution she can attend. If the training centre runs into funding problems, as it has in the past, then she does not have anywhere to go. The training centre is not being fully utilized this year and only 12 students are attending. They can accommodate up to 22. Each year the training centre is flooded with applications. It is disappointing that there are adults in Inuvik who cannot access the Visions and Dreams Program at the training centre because of lack of funding. If the training centre was operating at full capacity there would be another ten individuals in Inuvik who could have been working toward a better education.

After completing the Visions and Dreams Program, most of the training centre students go on to the Aurora College Adult Basic Education Program, the Aurora College ABE Programs accept applications from students who are at grade eight level. Mr. Speaker, the training centre opened in 1983 and has never had core funding. The funding that they receive comes from a myriad of sources that vary from year to year in amount and application procedures. I will follow up my Member's statement with a letter to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment to request the establishment of core funding for the NWT Training Centre in Inuvik. Inuvik needs the NWT Training Centre, Mr. Speaker, and the NWT Training Centre needs core funding. Quyanini.

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