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     The Gem 
     
    
   
   
    
     Education Committee Announced 
     
    
   
   
    
     Consultative committee on 
     
     Education announced — March 
     
     14, 1990. 
     
    

    
     On March 14, 1990, - Minis- 
     
     ter of Education Paul Connolly 
     
     announced the formation of the 
     
     Provincial Consultative Commit- 
     
     tee in Education. 
     
    

    
     “The Education system in- 
     
     volves many partners who play 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     distinctly different roles in the ed- 
     
     ucational process,” said Mr. Con- 
     
     nolly. “Consultation and good 
     
     communications are vital to the 
     
     success of this complex organiza- 
     
     tion.” 
     
    

    
     Mr. Connolly stated that 
     
     the Provincial Consultative Com- 
     
     mittee on Education would pro- 
     
     vide an essential opportunity for 
     
    
   
   
    
     discussion on important concerns 
     
     of the educational community. 
     
     “T will be using the commit- 
     
     tee to provide comments in sub- 
     
     jects such as legislation, regula- 
     
     tions, policies, and significant is- 
     
     sues concerning the public educa- 
     
     tion system,” said Mr. Connolly. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership on the new com- 
     
     mittee will be drawn from the de- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     partment of education, Regional 
     
     School 
     
    

    
     Units, Teacher’s Federation, the 
     
     PEI School Trustees’ Association, 
     
     the Home and School Associa- 
     
     tion, and the Faculty of Educa- 
     
     tion at UPEI. In addition, there 
     
     will be representatives from oth- 
     
     ers such as the Business Commu- 
     
     nity, the Advisory Council on the 
     
    
   
   
    
     189 Kent Street, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown 
     
     894-4291 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Thursday, March 29, 1990. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Status of Women, and the Comite 
     
     Acadien. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The consultative committee 
     
     will meet at least two time a 
     
     year and will be chaired by the 
     
     Minister of Education. The minis- 
     
     ter stressed that it was intended 
     
     to supplement, but not replace, 
     
     the existing consultation mecha- 
     
     nisms between the minister and 
     
     the partners in the education sys- 
     
     tem. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “As minister, I must rely 
     
     upon the informed comments and 
     
     advice of the partners in educa- 
     
     tion to guide. me,” stated Mr. 
     
     Connolly. “That requires that 
     
     the partners have both the means 
     
     and the opportunities to provide 
     
     significant input into the decision 
     
     making process. This committee 
     
     provides one way to do that. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Rubber 
     
    
   
   
    
     Band Effect 
     
     Revisited 
     
    
   
   
    
     An astounding breakthrough 
     
     in time travel was announced to- 
     
     day at MIT. The time travel the- 
     
     orem known as the Rubber Band 
     
     Effect took another step towards 
     
     becoming economically feasible. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Scientists at MIT have found 
     
     the answer to one of the prov- 
     
     lems preventing wide-spread use 
     
     of the Rubber Band Effect: the 
     
     prohibitive cost of constructing a 
     
     suitable rubber band. 
     
    

    
     Ever since the Rubber Band 
     
     Theorem was proposed by a re- 
     
     search team at UP#I last year 
     
     known only as the Ghost Writ- 
     
     ers, efforts to construct a suit- 
     
     able rubber band have revolved 
     
     around the use of rubber in the 
     
     making of the band. 
     
    

    
     But now, an MIT research 
     
     team working on the same prob- 
     
     lem has come up with sonrething 
     
     that may just earn them the No- 
     
     bel Prize. 
     
    
   
   
    
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