Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Mr. Speaker, with the challenges of FAS being so predominant in the Northwest Territories, the challenge of facilities in our communities where the schools are not equipped with science labs, the policy of the department to move students from one grade to the next without them being qualified for it, drop out rates are high. Even the SNAP program that Mr. Dent alluded to and the low number of entrants in there, all of this tells me that the policy to promote students from one grade to the next without them being qualified is detrimental to the ability of students and the ability of the department to prepare the students for employment and life.

I ask the Minister, when he said graduation rates are getting up there, can the Minister tell me if students are graduating with predominantly matriculation courses or is it very basic? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.