Quebec wants to "reduce the pressure"
on the school network
(Montreal) To "lower the pressure" in the school network in this particular year, the Minister of Education Jean-François Roberge is launching a recruitment campaign to offer tutoring to students in difficulty, cancels the ministerial exams scheduled for schedule and change the weighting of the ballots.
At a press briefing on Friday, Minister Jean-François Roberge first estimated "that there is a strong enough consensus in Quebec to say that schools must be reopened as quickly as possible". He notably cited doctors and pediatricians who called in turn for the reopening of schools in recent weeks.
To help young people in difficulty, Jean-François Roberge launched an appeal to education retirees, but also to university teaching students to provide tutoring to them. "These people will be able to accompany students who have been targeted by the teachers," said the minister.
At primary and secondary levels, Quebec is canceling the ministry exams scheduled for this year. They had also been last year. The ministry will also provide teachers with a document of "essential knowledge" that students must have at the end of a school year to "reduce the pressure".
Teachers will also have two more weeks to hand in the first report card of the year. It must be produced no later than the beginning of February. This first report was initially postponed to January 22, but the prolonged closure of schools during the holiday season made many teachers fear that they would not be able to assess their students on time.
The weighting of these bulletins is changing: that of the first bulletin will be revised downwards and that of the second upward, but "consultations are still underway" to determine how much each bulletin will be worth, Minister Roberge said. March break is being maintained as planned.
Quebec also states that all school service centers now have the necessary computer equipment for students who do not have computer equipment at home, both in elementary and secondary school.
Quebec is also launching a mobile application to break the isolation of young people. "We will go where the students are often, that is to say on their phones," said the minister.
To help young people in difficulty, Jean-François Roberge launched an appeal to education retirees, but also to university teaching students to provide tutoring to them. "These people will be able to accompany students who have been targeted by the teachers," said the minister.
At primary and secondary levels, Quebec is canceling the ministry exams scheduled for this year. They had also been last year. The ministry will also provide teachers with a document of "essential knowledge" that students must have at the end of a school year to "reduce the pressure".
Teachers will also have two more weeks to hand in the first report card of the year. It must be produced no later than the beginning of February. This first report was initially postponed to January 22, but the prolonged closure of schools during the holiday season made many teachers fear that they would not be able to assess their students on time.
The weighting of these bulletins is changing: that of the first bulletin will be revised downwards and that of the second upward, but "consultations are still underway" to determine how much each bulletin will be worth, Minister Roberge said. March break is being maintained as planned.
Quebec also states that all school service centers now have the necessary computer equipment for students who do not have computer equipment at home, both in elementary and secondary school.
Quebec is also launching a mobile application to break the isolation of young people. "We will go where the students are often, that is to say on their phones," said the minister.
MARIE-EVE MORASSE
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