Quebec keeping a close eye on schools offering Grade 12 programs
But the head of North Star Academy in Laval says it is not a threat to CEGEPs, they’re simply offering an alternative.“Even francophones can do a Grade 12 if they have an English base,” said Pepin. “Some of them want to go to the United States to do certain sports. So we should have the right to education and to continue our education no matter what.”
There is a long list of schools in Quebec that offer Grade 12, and some have been doing it for decades. There are even private French schools, like Marie de France and College Stanislas, that offer a diploma based on the school system in France, which also allows students to skip CEGEP.Story continues below advertisement
The Quebec Association of Independent Schools says this was never an issue before, and so it shouldn’t be now. “It’s not really the job, in my view, to interfere or to quash a private program,” said Chris Shannon, chair of the government relations committee at the Quebec Association of Independent Schools.A spokesperson would not respond to questions on if they would make any legislative changes to forbid Grade 12 in the province — and how that would affect students already enrolled.
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