The government of the Northwest Territories is transitioning schools to the kindergarten to Grade 12 school curriculum used in British Columbia, ending decades of using the Alberta curriculum. Indigenous people make up half the population of the Northwest Territories. government was failing its students, Simpson said, so there is a sense of urgency in adopting a new, relevant curriculum. students, who have been taught a revised version of the Alberta curriculum for at least 40 years. "It's not appropriate for classrooms and our partners in the Northwest Territories are saying so much.

Source: CBC News December 17, 2021 17:54 UTC