South Slave Divisional Education Council

South Slave Divisional Education Council
The Jack Taylor Building
Location
Fort Smith , Northwest Territories, X0E0P0 Canada
Coordinates	60°00′23.23″N 111°53′17.25″W / 60.0064528°N 111.8881250°W / 60.0064528; -111.8881250
District information
Grades	JK-12
Superintendent	Souhail Soujah[1]
Asst. superintendent(s)	Cora America[1]
Chair of the board	Bess-Ann McKay (Chair, South Slave Divisional Education Council)
Schools	8
Students and staff
Students	1,300[2]
Other information
Website	https://www.ssdec.net/

The South Slave Divisional Education Council (SSDEC) is the public school board for the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Its responsibility includes all schools within the five communities of the South Slave (with the exception of École Boréale in Hay River). Specifically, it is responsible for schools in the communities of Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, K'atl'odeche First Nation, Hay River, and Łutselk'e.^[3] Given the vast distances between communities, and the relatively small populations, the eight schools of the South Slave range in enrolment from 60 to 240 students with a total of 1,300.^[2] Although considered part of the South Slave Region by other departments of the Government of the Northwest Territories, the communities of Fort Providence and Kakisa are served by the Dehcho Divisional Education Council and not the SSDEC.