Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Education. Mr. Speaker, I have been speaking a lot about the quality of education. Recently, the Minister was on tour with me to Fort Liard. We spoke with the community members there. They brought up a lot of issues regarding the quality of education and getting the children to school. They spoke about graduation rates. Our government probably says that we have close to the national average of 44 percent. But, if you take Yellowknife out of the equation, Mr. Speaker, we are looking at communities with very low graduation rates, up to about 20 percent. That will be a stretch, I would imagine, because, in Fort Liard alone, we had one graduate last year. That is for a community of around 600 people. I just wanted to know what plans the department has to address this concern in the smaller communities. Is the department looking at options for addressing these needs in the smaller communities? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Kevin A. Menicoche on Question 397-15(3): Graduation Rates In Small Communities
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 397-15(3): Graduation Rates In Small Communities
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 15th, 2005
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