Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a little further in this area of the School North Apprenticeship Program, and as well the different math streams that are there today, it gets a little confusing. You have four different streams for math now. You potentially have another one to tie in apprenticeships, is my understanding. I do not know if parents are aware of the decisions that their children are making or their children are being advised to take in some cases. Their marks from math in grades 7, 8 and 9, for example, will not allow them to go into the applied or the pure math.
There are a number of different terminologies out there. In my day, it was called matriculation. That could be dating myself a little bit, but it seemed a little simpler. When you went into a certain stream, you knew if you would have the credits and the ability to go to post-secondary education. I do not know if that is clearly laid out in this day and age.
Again, I use the example of the Inuvik high school. Twenty-two percent of our students are going into that math stream of 16-26. At the end of the day, they have to challenge a different level course in a different area to get their diploma. We are putting extra strain on the system and the students involved. Hopefully that will be taken into consideration when you develop this.
Working with the western consortium -- I believe that is the terminology used, Alberta, BC and others -- in our math and sciences is a good thing to do. They did similar things where these credit courses, five credits, for example, the 16-26 math courses, they dropped them to the three credit course level. However, at the end of this programming, they get a certificate.
I do not know if it is an integrated occupational program along those lines. I do not know if I have the exact name, but IOP is the acronym. The students, when they go through that system, come out with a work-readiness certificate that would show potential employers that they are work-ready and they are capable of doing those jobs. Maybe that is something we need to look at for those students who are going through that. It would give employers or potential employers satisfaction and at least some comfort that the people they were hiring would be eligible and able to start entry-level work in the workforce when they leave school. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.