Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment develop implementation plans for the Auditor General’s recommendations on adult literacy and basic education for which progress to date is incomplete, with specific goals, targets, action items, timelines for achieving results, and indicators for measuring progress;
And further, that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment develop and implement a plan for the improvement of data collection and quality for adult literacy and basic education student achievement and financial information, in the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. Motion is on the floor. Motion is in order. To the motion, Mr. Moses.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Once again, with this motion what we want to see is better results within our adult learning education system, and that dollars are spent in a more efficient manner, and in a better area of allocating the dollars so that they’re spent more efficiently and effectively, with quality programming.
The adult literacy in the Northwest Territories is pretty low, and low literacy rates result in social and economic downfalls of our system. If we can start educating, well, obviously our early childhood, but then with our adults as well we can get them better prepared for the jobs that we see in the future, get them prepared to get back into the workforce, or furthering their education into post-secondary education, which you want to see as a healthy education and a new generation of educated adults.
I’m glad that the committee agreed on putting this motion through and I hope to have more people speak to it. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. To the motion. Mr. Dolynny.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I will be voting in favour of this motion brought forward here by the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The adult literacy and basic education component, or ALBE program as it is known, is a vital component and a vital training tool mechanism for education for our people in the Northwest Territories.
Unfortunately, sometimes the monies we do receive, federal monies that go towards these initiatives, we take for granted and I think given times of restraint, given our due diligence on having to make sure that we’re stretching those dollars effectively. As the motion indicates, the limited data on what results were achieved with this ALBE program is quite concerning. Throwing money at a program which we’re not monitoring and finding out exactly how therapeutically beneficial we’re providing the people of the Northwest Territories is very troublesome. Sometimes those monies could be used for better use.
So as the motion indicates, and as the Auditor General clearly indicates in many of its directions, establishing those key performance indicators, what is the dashboard of success? Are we monitoring the success of these clients? Are we interviewing them? Is there a formal system to which that feedback mechanism gets back to the so-called establishments of curriculum and education, including Aurora College and, more importantly, to the Members of this House?
Action needs to have a way of moving forward and I believe this motion speaks to such action. So, again, I will be speaking in favour of this motion. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called. The motion is carried.
---Carried
Mr. Nadli.
