Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.
Debates of March 5th, 2003
This is page numbers 505 - 540 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 6th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was chairman.
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Question 155-14(6): High School Graduation Requirements In The Nwt
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, my understanding is that for university programs, a high school graduation certificate is required and in order to get that high school certificate, the student must pass 100 credits of coursework, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Supplementary To Question 155-14(6): High School Graduation Requirements In The Nwt
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So what is required to receive a Grade 12 diploma in the NWT? What is required? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the student must obtain 100 credits worth of coursework and there is a variety of areas an individual can obtain those credits in. There are some core subjects the individual must have; for example, English. They must have 15 credits in English, mathematics and science, for example. Thank you.
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Supplementary To Question 155-14(6): High School Graduation Requirements In The Nwt
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister stated English. Is it English 30, English 13, English 15? What level of English do they need to receive that diploma?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, they must have Grade 12 level courses of English 30 or 33. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Supplementary To Question 155-14(6): High School Graduation Requirements In The Nwt
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister inform us if English 33 is good enough for entrance into any college or university programs? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't have that information at hand here, whether that would apply to any and all courses that a student wishes to enter into at university. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Supplementary To Question 155-14(6): High School Graduation Requirements In The Nwt
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I hope the Minister can get that information. My understanding is that English 33 does not meet the requirement and many universities or colleges, depending on what course you are going into or what specialty you enter into, will not accept that. How many of our graduates are graduating with English 33? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would have to get back to the Member with the number of students who would be in that category.
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Question 156-14(6): GNWT Definition Of Consultation
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Under harmonization, we've been told that communities, community governments, Aboriginal governments and non-governmental organizations have been consulted. Our frontline workers have been trained to deliver harmonization. I would like to ask the Deputy Premier, Mr. Antoine, what is the policy of this government in terms of consultation. What does consultation mean to this government?
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in this particular case on harmonization, my understanding is once this issue was agreed upon by Cabinet, there was a communication strategy put together by the Housing Corporation to move this initiative forward. So, as Cabinet, we agreed upon a strategy and that's what's being implemented. In terms of what I think consultation means to us as a government, whenever there is an initiative we need to get that information out and there are different forms of communication, either through letters, newspaper or radio or TV. We have staff out there. As Ministers, we try to do it as personally as possible, but in this case, the Housing Corporation initiated their staff to go out and do that work. Thank you.
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Supplementary To Question 156-14(6): GNWT Definition Of Consultation
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Premier mentioned a communications strategy. When I called the people that I represent, they haven't been communicated with. The Delgamuukw decision on consultation is adequate consultation and informed consent. That means the other party has to understand what they've been told. As far as I am concerned, there is no understanding of harmonization. So I ask the Minister, has the communications strategy been...What is the communications strategy and has that been used? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.