The Quebec government will have to reopen the law if it wants to regulate the admission tests imposed in some public schools – sometimes as early as kindergarten. This was indicated on Wednesday by the Minister of Education, Jean-François Roberge, who said he was open to doing so.
The elected official from Chambly agreed during the study of budget appropriations in education that imposing admission tests for certain international education programs was in contradiction with the principles of universal accessibility in Quebec.
“We want, as much as possible, universal access to these particular educational projects”, he launched live from a parliamentary committee room in the National Assembly, in the morning. He was answering questions from the Liberal MP for Saint-Laurent, Marwah Rizqy, who was worried that the refusals were increasing.
Last month the Quebec newspaper reported the specific case of a 4-year-old girl living in Lac-Beauport who did not pass an entry test for five-year-old kindergarten and will have to attend a different establishment than her brother.
“As it is written, the law is something that it authorizes. I think it’s something that will have to be adjusted, plugged with a legislative amendment, admitted Jean-François Roberge, Wednesday. It doesn’t matter who’s in that chair. »
“Exceptionally”, under a section of the Education Act, certain programs can “determine the enrollment criteria for students” who attend them. ” For the rest, […] should we select children? As little as possible, ”said Mr. Roberge on Wednesday.
To see in video