Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment and it follows up on the line of questioning Mr. Nitah was pursuing.

His concern was that we may be touting our graduation rates. I thought I heard the Minister say that graduation rates are based on the passing of Alberta exams. My understanding is that 50 percent of your grade comes from that Alberta exam score, the other 50 percent comes from the term mark.

My question to the Minister, Mr. Speaker, is, do you have to pass Alberta exams to graduate? Thank you.