Mr. Chairman, also, hopefully the Minister can look at finding ways through technology such as taking courses on-line, also getting tutors in the schools. We have adult education programs in our communities. Tsiigehtchic is getting a new facility being built right now. Hopefully it will be operational pretty quickly. Again, it is right next to the schools. I think if you can facilitate the Adult Education Program with the high school students, keep them in the communities, maybe consider on-line courses, there are ways you can get around this problem.
It is a stressful situation that I go through every fall with the parents of the community of Tsiigehtchic having to send their students away and finding out they are dropping out before Christmas. They go back home and basically that is the end of their education career. I don’t think we want that. Can
the Minister seriously look at this issue? I think that we can’t simply say we will give the money to the education boards and it is up to them. I don’t think it is up to them; I think it is up to us. We are the ones that are approving the budget here. Those are the types of things we have to find ways of ensuring that we can actually meet the goals that were set in previous Assemblies to try and have K to 12 in all schools. We know it is not going to be a perfect model everywhere, but at least let’s make an effort to try and accomplish that one way or the other.
I would just like to have the Minister consider on-line programs, and more importantly take advantage of the adult education programs that we have in the communities in the facilities that are there and maybe do a joint effort between adult education, high school, on-line and any other means of providing that additional support to keep our students in our home communities. Thank you.