In terms of the delivery of distance learning programs, as the Minister indicates, our experience to date has been quite positive. We are monitoring, however, the bandwidth issue because we have similar issues, simply to say that we want to make sure that schools can effectively access the courses the Minister outlined. At this point in time, we are fairly confident that is the case. However, we are continuing to work quite closely with the divisional education councils on the issue.
We have had some performance issues in terms of speed. Those have not been so much with the distance learning, but we have found them as we institute our management systems, which are referred to in the directorate description. If I could, Mr. Chairman, I would just speak briefly to the reference in this description, which talks about the replacement and the updating of our administrative systems, which we use to manage the programs. We are instituting many of those on the DCNs so that our staff at the community level and at the regional level can have direct data input and get direct information input from those systems. That work is proceeding quite well and the implementation is proceeding quite well. We have experienced some speed problems, but they have been worked out as time has passed.
We are examining with the DECs a number of options as well to reduce the pressure on the DCN. Caches in communities, and that sort of thing are currently being considered. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.