Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As the Member points out, there have been a number of issues raised since the implementation of the change. The math curriculum, just for the benefit of the Members, is part of the curriculum package from the western provinces and territories, we work cooperatively with the other jurisdictions around standardization of curriculum. Math was one area that was selected. As a result of the issues that were raised over the last couple of years, there has been a very aggressive program underway between the jurisdictions to sort out a number of the issues that were identified.
That information was recently transmitted to representatives from each of the DECs. In fact, the curriculum specialists met and discussed the math situation. They developed a specific outline for implementation, a schedule for implementation. My understanding is that folks were quite happy with the detailing of the implementation at this point in time.
I think it will still present some challenges in terms of making sure that our resources keep up and our staff development, or in-service training for teachers keeps up. Now that we have identified the course schedules, now that some of the adjustments have been made to some of the programming and the course structures, I think we are in a much better position to effectively implement it. Thank you.