Thank you, Madam Chair. I think what we need to do is look at what it would take to make our students, ensure that they're getting into the right program so that they can move on if that's what they want to do. That takes work, not only the teacher, the school, the DEA and the parents. That takes the whole group of people who are involved in the student's life, if you will, to ensure that the right decisions are being made. I've heard from a number of people the same sort of concern that Mr. Pokiak has expressed and I've started talking more and more to DEAs and DECs about what we can do to ensure that kids understand, and parents understand, that they have to be thinking about the future if they want to be successful moving into post-secondary studies. It sounds to me, because of the number of times that I've heard this, that we maybe haven't done as good a job across the North as we need to. So I've started to put some emphasis on that area with schools, with DECs, and whenever I talk to parent groups, to parents. But we're going to reinforce the fact that a student's plan by Grade 9 has to be signed by the parents. We're trying to work with schools to make sure that isn't something that just goes home with the kids and comes back. They need to make sure that the parents understand what it is they're signing. They need to make sure that people understand that this course decision may have a serious impact four years from now. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Charles Dent on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 19th, 2007
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