Thank you very much. I just wanted to also mention the importance of supporting our children and youth in schools. I was really pleased to read the increase of the enrolment of our schools from 1998-99 to 2003-04. There is a significant increase in our schools, and the department must be doing something right or something that the communities and our schools are doing right together to get our students to that level of enrolment. It shows that the students, teachers, and the communities are doing something right that got our kids into school. The numbers are up and we need to continue to support our children as they go through to high school, college, and post-secondary programs. We are looking for them to receive some good educational training and come back to our communities and be very productive especially when it comes down to something like the Mackenzie gas pipeline and other initiatives that may happen in our communities. Again, I will hammer back onto the point where it is going to have all of this training, but for our students to know that hopefully there will be some strong cultural initiatives. We know who we are, but we also need to know and practice our culture, and it has to be supported by this government. That is why I said, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Minister has...(inaudible)...Department of Education, Culture and Employment, it is a huge department, and that for our people our culture is who we are in our livelihood. So I want to see through the main estimates. I will look at some of these initiatives that the department is going to be taking on throughout the life of this government, and I want to just keep my comments to that, Mr. Chair. I know my time is running our and I want to respect other Members. Mahsi.
Norman Yakeleya on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 24th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 23rd, 2004
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