In Quebec, these French people enroll their children in English-speaking schools

Immigrants living in Quebec on temporary residency permits can educate their children in English. Mentioned Pres. “These are mostly young people from Asia or America, but also from France.”says the newspaper.

This is the case of Nathalie Meissner’s two children. The French woman, who had arrived a few years earlier with her husband, used her temporary immigration status to enroll them in an English-speaking school. “First idea, Learning a foreign language at an early age is to make it as easy as possible for them. she says Pres. For me, this is a real asset.

It was while chatting with friends that he learned he could use Bill 101, or the Charter of the French Language. “Those residing in Quebec on a temporary basis […] Train in English”.

Thousands of immigrants were educated in English

Layout is used very frequently. Statistics from the province’s Ministry of Education show the newspaper consulted “The number of students attending English-language schools with temporary admission in Quebec has increased by almost 90% in ten years”. In the last academic year, more than 3,200 foreign students were educated through the English medium. Statistics reveal that the French are the fifth largest ethnic group to take advantage of the situation, after South Koreans, Indians, Americans and Chinese.

On the other hand, some Quebecers may attend an English-language school. “For a child to be eligible, for example, one of their two parents must have an English-language primary education in Canada,” Accurate Pres.

As Russell Copemann, president of the Quebec English School Boards Association, explains, Ms. Meissner’s children’s particular school saga will come to an end.

“Once they apply for permanent status, the temporary certificate of study in English is revoked at the end of the school year.”

A French couple has obtained permanent residency. “It didn’t concern us for a while: we thought we could leave our children in English-language school longer”, Mrs. Meissner reacts. The two German-speaking children must attend a French-speaking school from the following school year.