Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is just following up on the statements made earlier by the Minister of ECE. Can the Minister clarify for me whether NWT students graduate from high school with an Alberta education diploma? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. Minister of Culture, Education and Employment.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, NWT students who do meet the required courses graduate with an NWT Senior Secondary Diploma. The NWT has set its own criteria and standards for a high school diploma, and although similar to Alberta's graduation diploma, it does have some differences. We are working with Sahtu communities to ensure that we work on supporting and having access to some of these core courses for the students in the communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
That leads me to the other question here on course curriculum delivery. As mentioned here, the beginning of the academic year in 2016-2017, we have seen particularly Math, English, and Social Studies 30-1 to 30-2. Is that being delivered, and what is the progress that we have made so far with the schools that are delivering that criteria?
Mr. Speaker, the four largest Sahtu schools that are in Norman Wells, Tulita, Deline, and Fort Good Hope all offer the basic courses necessary for students to obtain their Senior Secondary Diploma. As for updates on where we are within the school, I can get the specifics and share it with the Member.
On May 9th, we also met with the leadership with the Sahtu Secretariat. We did offer coming back into the community and having a more formal discussion on how we can work together to improve student outcomes and achieve student success in all communities in the Sahtu region.
I look forward to the Minister's information. My next question is: can the Minister tell me if any Sahtu schools are part of this NWT e-Learning initiative?
Currently no, but I can assure the Member that in the 2017-2018 school year, the school in Fort Good Hope, Chief T'selehye School, has agreed to come on board. It is a great opportunity. We are seeing some very good successes in all the schools that we are providing e-Learning. It is an opportunity to have schools in the small communities be able to obtain and have access to higher academic courses that will get them prepared for post-secondary education.
Masi. Oral questions. Member for Sahtu.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My last question: will the Minister provide that information along with the other previous questions and answers? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and yes, we can provide that information to the Member, as well as share with the Member when we do come up with a date to sit down with leadership in the Sahtu to look at addressing other education concerns and work on successes and how we can work together to address some of these education concerns.
Masi. Oral questions. Member for Yellowknife Centre.
