Lakehead University is offering a new Honours Bachelor of Education program for Sandy Lake First Nation.
Acting Chair of Aboriginal Education Don Kerr says community officials saw a need for this six year teaching program.
Kerr says they offered a similar course in the First Nation some twenty years ago and now those teachers are getting ready to retire.
Kerr says the goal is to train local teachers and have them work in the community.
He stresses Sandy Lake has a strong elementary and high school program.
Courses will be offered online, as well as by face-to-face instruction in Sandy Lake, with the final two years of the course being held in Thunder Bay.
Kerr is hoping to have 20 teachers coming out of the program.