The Basic Education Program Review (1999) suggested the need for change in the way  Adult Basic Education is delivered in Saskatchewan. Three primary recommendations of the review were to:

1. increase Adult Basic Education’s connections to employment;
2. increase the retention and success of Aboriginal learners; and
3. develop curriculum in the Adult Basic Education Level Three (Adult 10) program.

The ministry responded by hiring a Project Manager and forming a Basic Education Redesign Task Team in March 2001 to oversee:

1. the development of a definition of framework for basic education in Saskatchewan;
2. the articulation and development of an integrated vision for basic education;
3. the development of goals and objectives for basic education;
4. the articulation, development, and implementation of curricula for adult learners; and
5. the development of a sustainable renewal and evaluation strategy for the new curricula.

Manager, ABE Curriculum Renewal
12th Floor, 1945 Hamilton St.
Regina SK S4P 2C8

Phone: (306) 787-2354
Fax: (306) 787-7182
Email: abe@gov.sk.ca