Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Government of the Northwest Territories—May 2010 3 EDUCATION IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENTIntroduction Education in the Northwest Territories 1. The Government of the Northwest Territories views education as critical to the future development of the territory. [...] Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Government of the Northwest Territories—May 2010 9 EDUCATION IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENTExhibit 3 The Northwest Territories has eight education councils Source: Department of Education, Culture and Employment 16. [...] The superintendent has authority over school principals and approves contracts and hires teachers and principals.10 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Government of the Northwest Territories—May 2010 EDUCATION IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENT18. [...] In 2007, the Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Government of the Northwest Territories—May 2010 11 EDUCATION IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENTDepartment published a progress report on the implementation of the Strategic Plan, and included an update on commitments and actions, as well as targets for each of the performance indicators. [...] We also found that the Department has not yet begun to collect data on the educational component of programming delivered by day care facilities (such as numeracy and literacy instruction), and the 14 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Government of the Northwest Territories—May 2010 EDUCATION IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENTDepartment has no