He tells CHSJ News that's the wrong way to go if you want the province to economically compete on the world stage.
Cardy says right now you have employers in the province complaining they can't find workers who are skilled enough and that indicates a problem.
He says Provincial Education Minister Jody Carr should be looking at what principal Chris Treadwell is doing at Park Street School on the north side of Fredericton where students in grades 3 and 4 are reading at a high school level.