Dene teacher education program gets $250K from Saskatchewan government
A teacher education program that trains instructors to deliver education in the Dene language in Saskatchewan’s northern communities got a funding boost from the provincial government.
The government is contributing up to $255,000 to the First Nations University of Canada for its Dene teacher education program at educating Saskatchewan students in their first language.
The goal of the program is to improve student participation and rates of graduation by helping teacher recruitment and retention in northern Saskatchewan.
Minister of Advanced Education Gordon Wyant said the partnership is a shared commitment to truth and reconciliation and the calls to action.
“Currently,