the provincial education ministry requested that ksb adopt certain reforms in its mathematics and science programs by 2012; when this did not happen, in 2014 the ministry stopped ksb's ability to issue regular high school diplomas effective june 2015; instead "attestation of equivalence of secondary studies" became available. ksb did not inform the students and community of the change until 2017. president of the ksb board alicie nalukturuk accused the ministry of ignoring requests for help on issues in the community.