Talk:Education in Quebec

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Template:Education infobox
I created a template, Template:Education infobox which can give a quick at a glance demographics table for education articles. See its implementation at Education in the United States and feel free to help improve the template.--naryathegreat | (talk) 01:00, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

Distinction between Private and Independent schools
Something needs to be written about this. I am no expert, but there are three types of schools in Quebec: public, private and independent. Public is 100% funded by the government and adheres to the MELS programs, private schools are subsidized (30%, 40% or 60% of their budget, can't remember which) and must also teach the government mandated material. Independent schools, as in their name, do not depend on public funds, and can teach whatever they want to whoever can pay tuition. They are exempted from Bill 101 when it comes to language of instruction (both of the school and the pupils). What I believe has changed recently, is that there was a caveat in this regard that one could send a child for one year in an English independent school (paying very high tuition compared to anywhere else), then send the kid to public or standard (subsidized) private school in English (thus avoiding all those "language/location of instruction of parents/sibling" conditions for English instruction).--Boffob 19:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * This looks like good material Boffob! I've heard similar things about that loophole. Do you know of any sources that might confirm all of this? Ifandonlyif0 (talk) 03:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Reform
Is anybody planning on making a section on the "Renouveau Pédagogique" that's being melissa pop rocks I'm currently writing an essay on it, so I could make the basic outlines of such an article for experts to fill in.

Religion in school
The religion section is two years out of date. Does anybody know if religious education is still taught in Quebec public schools (& if so how)?

(Alphaboi867 23:47, 27 September 2007 (UTC))

The section on "Independent schools" has an error - Lower Canada College DOES receive funding from the government and is bound by the laws governing education in quebec as prescribed by MELS. I don't know why someone would have written that it is different than other private schools. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.47.106.107 (talk) 13:17, 16 February 2009 (UTC) My cats name is mittens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.23.75 (talk) 06:14, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

The section "Universities" has a broken link leading to http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/ens-sup/ens-univ/droits_scolarite-A.asp. Spectrus (talk) 19:54, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Online and Home Schooling
I would like to see more information about online and home schooling leading towards a DES in Quebec. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.165.134.181 (talk) 17:59, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

History of the education system
What I find lacking here is a history of how this system came to be. Since it differs from the rest of the country, does it have roots in French or other European constructs? 206.218.52.33 (talk) 20:03, 23 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I dont know a source offhand, but I know that the CEGEP system was implemented in the 1960s as part of the Quiet Revolution. Up until then I believe the system was quite similar to the rest of Canada. The one thing I'm not sure about is which grades were part of elementary vs high school, and whether a middle schools ever existed. Eurylochus438 (talk) 18:19, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

The Trades
Education in the trades is part of postsecondary education, yet is missing in this article. --142.206.2.12 (talk) 20:57, 10 December 2015 (UTC)