The ministerial tests postponed due to the teachers’ strike will finally be held from January 22 to February 9, announced the Minister of Education, Bernard Drainville, on Friday.
The precise time and location of each of these tests will be communicated in due time to the students by the schools, it is specified in a press release.
“Not all students who have missed many days of class are ready to take their ministerial exams on the dates initially scheduled in January. We must give them time to catch up on the necessary learning and prepare for these important assessments,” explains the minister’s office.
The ministerial tests will take place on the following dates:
- French, language of instruction, 5e secondary: January 22 (for students who were unable to take the December test);
- French, second language, 5e secondary, basic program: Written comprehension: January 30; Oral interaction: starting January 30; Written production: February 6;
- French, second language, 5e secondary, enriched program: Written comprehension: February 6; Written production: February 7;
- English, second language, 5e secondary, basic program: Oral interaction: starting January 29; Written production: February 6;
- English, second language, 5e secondary, enriched program: Comprehension and written production: February 6;
- English Language Arts, 5e secondary: Reading: January 23; Production Writing: January 24 and 25;
- History of Quebec and Canada, 4e secondary: February 5;
- Mathematics, 4e secondary: February 8;
- Science, 4e secondary: February 9;
- French, language of instruction, end of 3e primary cycle (for students in 6e year enrolled in a particular intensive English educational project): Reading: January 22 and 23; Writing: January 24 and 25;
- Mathematics, end of 3e primary cycle (for students in 6e year enrolled in a particular intensive English educational project): January 30 and 31, and 1er FEBRUARY.
At the end of December, Quebec announced that it was postponing the holding of these tests to a later date given the many school days missed by students due to the teachers’ strike.
These were mainly repeat exams which affected a minority of students. In French from 5e secondary, for example, just under 3,000 students were registered for the January test.
Parent groups were nevertheless concerned about the fact that Quebec students were not equal when taking these tests.