The Beaufort Delta Divisional Education Council or Beaufort-Delta Divisional Education Council is the public school board for the Inuvik Region, identical to Region 1, a census division in the Northwest Territories.
[1] The board is made up of ten members, one from each District Education Authority (DEA), and one each from the Gwich'in Tribal Council and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation.
[2] School programs in the Northwest Territories (NWT) are mandatory to all people between the age of six and sixteen.
[2] Like other divisional education councils in the NWT they are inclusive[4] Region 1 is predominately Indigenous peoples, made up of Inuvialuit (Inuit), Gwichʼin (First Nations), and Métis,[5] and these numbers will be reflected in the school population.
The main language of instruction throughout the region is English and French immersion is available in both Inuvik schools.