A new study of Saskatchewan education funding reports that on-reserve schools receive 40- to 50-per-cent less funding than off-reserve schools.
The comparison of Government of Canada funding for First Nations schools on reserves with provincial funding for off-reserve schools was commissioned by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN).
The federal funding regime provides $50 per pupil per year for instructional resources such as books and computers, while the provincial funding model provides Living Sky School Division, for example, $688 per pupil, said study author Robert Kowalchuk.
"If you want to talk about inequity, there's a real hard example of what it takes to provide resources ... Where is the fairness in what you're providing for kids?"
Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Study+finds+First+Nations+education+funding+inequity/8154272/story.html#ixzz2PFflEaeZ
The comparison of Government of Canada funding for First Nations schools on reserves with provincial funding for off-reserve schools was commissioned by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN).
The federal funding regime provides $50 per pupil per year for instructional resources such as books and computers, while the provincial funding model provides Living Sky School Division, for example, $688 per pupil, said study author Robert Kowalchuk.
"If you want to talk about inequity, there's a real hard example of what it takes to provide resources ... Where is the fairness in what you're providing for kids?"
Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Study+finds+First+Nations+education+funding+inequity/8154272/story.html#ixzz2PFflEaeZ
