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October 4, 2002
Send in the kids
Aside from the children
who stopped by the Anglican Parish Hall at lunch time for cookies and juice,
there were no students present during public hearings into the proposed Education
Act during the two days the hearings were held in Iqaluit.
The proposed act would
govern the way education is delivered to children aged five to 18 in Nunavut.
Glenn McLean, MLA for Baker
Lake pointed out the omission at the end of the first day of hearings.
"One thing that just
struck me like a thunderbolt is that were not including students. There
are some Grade 12s who could tell us a lot."
The meetings, which will
be held throughout Nunavut, are open to any member of the public who has an
interest in education and the way it is delivered including students.
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