Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That’s not quite correct because the Education Act says that students aren’t funded unless they’re age five by the end of the school year. They are not counted under funding per basis. The issue is drawing in early children who can use the literacy and numeracy development over the long haul on those early years. Would the Minister look at and consider the position and proposal that I’m putting forward, which is redefining the act or redefining the mandate of the department that can provide junior kindergarten by accepting those students as students and funding them?
Robert Hawkins on Question 489-16(5): Early Childhood Education Programs
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 489-16(5): Early Childhood Education Programs
Oral Questions
February 17th, 2011
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