First Nation Schools

The most important issue that the Canadian government urgently needs to address is education. The education of the First Nations should be taken more seriously by the Canadian government because the funding given to the First Nation schools is not enough to support the schools, there are no educational standards for the schools, and lastly, non-First Nation students are excelling more in school than First Nation students. First and foremost, the First Nations’ school systems get funding from the Canadian government, but funding is not enough to help the First Nation students receive the education the students deserve. The Fraser Institute is an organization that wants to improve the quality of life for Canadians. Ravina Bains, the associate

The First Nations students would benefit more if the money is invested in helping the First Nations schools to have more educational resources, rather than just giving the First Nation schools money. This quotation from the article published by the National Post states “They don’t have access to specialized teachers or resources” (Clarke). Since the overall funding for First Nation schools is not helping the First Nations, it would be better if the money was invested into getting the First Nation schools more specialized teachers and other resources that can help the students learn. Another way the government can do more than just funding the First Nation schools is to help the First Nation communities come together to help one another and to group resources, it would make more of a difference for the students. Education is an important issue the Canadian government needs to address because the total amount of funding the First Nation schools receive is not the problem, the issue of the First Nation schools is there are complications within the schools that need to be

Lastly, education is the most important issue that should be addressed by the Canadian government because the First Nations school do not have educational standards. Ravina Bains published a paper called “Myths and Realities of First Nations Education”, in the paper it states, “Canadian taxpayers are funding an education system in First Nations communities that have no legislated mandate for a core curriculum meeting provincial standards, no requirement that educators in First Nations schools have provincial certification, and no requirement for First Nations schools to award a recognized provincial diploma.”(Bains 3). If the Canadian government developed educational standards for the First Nation schools, it would help First Nations more directly. This is because a fundamental problem on-reserve schools have is the teachers do not need to have mandate teacher certifications. Therefore, if the government made educational standards for First Nation schools by requiring the teachers who teach there to have certifications, then it would help the First Nations because more students would want to attend school and the students would learn