Special Committee to Review the Education Act

Although the Legislative Assembly’s first statutory review of the Education Act could have commenced between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, the Assembly delayed the commencement of the review to allow for the presentation of a number of reports that would inform the review process. [...] Recommendation #3: The Special Committee recommends that the Minister of Education table in the Legislative Assembly an update on the Department of Education’s “Education Act Implementation Work Plan,” which was developed to address the observations and recommendations in the 2013 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Education in Nunavut, on an annual basis. [...] Language of Instruction The importance of protecting and promoting the Inuit language across Nunavut was reflected in the significant number of comments and opinions that were brought forward to the Committee concerning the language of instruction provisions in the Education Act. [...] In the interest of ensuring the most effective and efficient use of resources, Committee Members were of the view that the lack of academic achievement on the part of non-attendance should not be addressed through the means of. [...] A number of contributors to the Special Committee’s review process expressed their expectation that the implementation of the Education Act, would involve an increase in the level of community authority and control of the school program albeit with safeguards at the departmental level.