Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am glad the department is doing some good work in the area of early childhood development responsibility. I think that will go a long way in addressing a lot of the concerns I am raising in terms of discipline problems, graduation problems and the advanced education, et cetera. However, we still have a problem to do with disciplinary problems with students. There are threats that I know of. There have been criminal charges laid where teachers are threatened. It is not acceptable.
I know there is a policy of not punishing the children physically in the schools. I am not entirely in agreement with that policy because people in the developmental stage do need direction, and sometimes corrective action is required. However, Mr. Chairman, I would like to know, what is the department doing to deal with the discipline problem that we see in our schools today that is contributing to disturbance in classes and disturbing other students? It is a major problem. I would like to know if the Minister knows if FAS or FAE plays a role there? We are starting to get the picture now. It is starting to become a major problem. It is taking up to 40 percent of some of the classes. Is there a link here, Mr. Chairman? Thank you.