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Deputy Premier and Education Minister Gordon Wyant has announced plans to form Saskatchewan鈥檚 first provincial youth council

The youth council will provide advice and leadership to the Minister of Education on how to engage youth on a variety of topics.聽 Those students selected for the youth council will have an important role in defining working principles, the council鈥檚 direction moving forward and representing their peers.

鈥淲e want to do everything we can to engage students in their education,鈥� Wyant said.聽 鈥淐ollaborating with students on education matters that impact them every day will provide our ministry with valuable insight.鈥�

The 12 members selected for the minister鈥檚 youth council will come from every region of the province and bring diverse interests, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.聽 Nominations will be sought from school divisions, First Nations and M茅tis education organizations and directors of independent schools throughout the province.聽 They will be asked to nominate students entering grades 10, 11 or 12 in the 2019-20 school year who they believe would make a significant contribution serving on the council.

鈥淲e have inspirational students across our province who are leaders in their own schools and communities,鈥� Wyant said.聽 鈥淏y engaging students on a provincial level, we can provide supports that better reflect what they need to prepare them for their futures.鈥�

Information packages with further information on the nomination criteria will be distributed to the nominating organizations in the coming weeks.聽 An initial in-person gathering of the minister鈥檚 youth council will be planned in the fall of 2019.