Fitting funding, courses into the new economy

By Emma Graney. As school divisions and post-secondary institutions scramble to cater to the increasing number of students looking toward the skilled trades and natural resources sectors, the provincial government has its own plan.
It has poured $3.5 billion into post-secondary education since 2008 and, says Advanced Education Minster Don Morgan, the Saskatchewan Party will continue to focus on health sciences and "areas of economic growth."
Put simply, that's the natural resources sector, which has brought billions of dollars into the province in recent years, and it's the related academic courses that will benefit.
"That's certainly the direction we're going," Morgan says. It's all outlined in the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth, which details the government's roadmap for getting to 2020 and 1.2 million residents. Read more...