Archive - Feb 7, 2014

First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act with "over $1.9 billion" announced today

From the Prime Minister's web site:

"improving K-12 education outcomes for First Nation students and providing First Nations children on-reserve with a high quality education, just like every other Canadian. To this end, the Government of Canada also announced today that it will make a significant financial commitment of over $1.9 billion to support the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act. Funding will account for language and culture programming."