Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister for Education, Culture and Employment. I’d like to follow up on my Member’s statement.
I’d like to first ask the Minister, with regard to the Student Financial Assistance review, I believe it was started in the 16th Assembly, and Members
from the 16th who have returned to the 17th are
waiting for the results from that review. There have been many suggestions from Members over the years as to how the SFA program could be amended, could be made for the better. Certainly, as I mentioned in my statement, there are certain courses which are ineligible for SFA funding. Students’ upgrading courses out of high school, for instance, and the vocational training courses, which I mentioned. I’d like to know from the Minister whether or not the Student Financial Assistance review has considered any change in policy that would allow transitional vocational programs to be funded through the SFA program. Thank you.