Thank you, Madam Chair. In the last Assembly, when I was the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, the attendance was a huge issue for me, and the graduation rates, so I began conversations with all of the education bodies to actually look at addressing that. It's a scary topic for any education body because everybody is wondering: what do I do; is that my job, to actually get them there? It might be your job to actually get them there. I am not sure. So that is why, when we are talking about daycares and accessibility, that is why I have been, not just from this time, from the last government, I have been probably one of the strongest advocates to say we need hubs in our schools. We need to start bringing the parents there for daycare programs, for parenting programs, for cultural feasts, for sports events. The more that we can get parents engaged, and I don't know if that is the answer, but I am willing to try it, and I think we need to try whatever is possible. However, I also think that we need to be open, and again that goes back to my telling the Ministers: you need to engage with stakeholders; you need to work with your partners. Because that is only my idea. There are ideas out there, and I think that all of us have to be open to whatever ideas we can get to help our children succeed. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Caroline Cochrane on Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried
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Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried
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