📋 Tender Overview
The Government of Saskatchewan is providing up to 255000 to the First Nations University of Canada to deliver the Dene Teacher Education Program DTEP so that students in northern communities can learn in their first language.Post-secondary students who are enrolled this fall from La Loche and the Clearwater River Dene Nation will receive a four-year Bachelor of Indigenous Education. Upon graduation newly trained teachers will be able to instruct students in the Dene language as part of the K-12 curriculum.Our government is proud to support this partnership to deliver DTEP and help meet the demand for qualified Dene speaking teachers in northern Saskatchewan Advanced Education Minister Gordon S. Wyant Q.C. said. Currently La Loche and the Clearwater River Dene Nation are the only communities in Canada where Dene students can learn in their first language from elementary school through to post-secondary.
