Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I had also indicated earlier from the reports that were done in the Minister's forum that there was concern in the communities about the high school extensions in that, although there was indeed a higher rate of participation in the schools that the rate of graduation had not kept up with the increase in participation, and that there were a lot of problems that were identified by the students, parents and teachers I guess, that the quality of the education was not as good, that the students missed the ability to interact with other students and that students had a problem with distant learning. Not everybody is suited to sitting in front of a computer for hours. I would suggest that most people are much better suited to sitting in a classroom interacting with other students and being able to ask the teacher questions and the teacher to respond to those questions and to teach one-on-one if necessary. This is not available in those grade extensions because sometimes there is only one student in grade 12, or two students.

I have a very hard time understanding how this type of thing could be added to a student's academic upgrading without adding more students to the equation, putting more students into that classroom that are grade 12 or grade 11 or whatever that student is in. I cannot quite remember what the response had been in that area, but if the Minister could indicate what types of things they feel can be done to try to deal with this particular problem associated with the grade extensions into the communities. Thank you.