Ministerial tests postponed due to the teachers' strike will finally take place from January 22 to February 9, Education Minister Bernard Drainville announced on Friday.
Posted at 3:42 p.m.
The exact time and location of each of these tests will be communicated to students by schools in a timely manner, according to a press release.
“Not all students, who have missed many days of classes, are ready to sit their ministerial exams on the dates originally scheduled in January. We must give them time to catch up on the necessary knowledge and prepare for these important assessments,” explains the minister’s office.
The ministerial examinations take place on the following dates:
- French, language of instruction, secondary level 5: January 22 (for students who failed the December test);
- French, Second Language, Secondary 5, Basic Program: Written Comprehension: January 30; Oral interaction: from January 30; Written production: February 6;
- French, second language, secondary level 5, extended program: Written comprehension: February 6; Written production: February 7;
- English, Second Language, Secondary 5, Basic Program: Oral Interaction: from January 29th; Written production: February 6;
- English, Second Language, Secondary 5, Advanced Program: Comprehension and Written Production: February 6;
- English Language Arts, Secondary 5: Reading: January 23; Production Letter: January 24th and 25th;
- History of Quebec and Canada, Secondary 4: February 5;
- Mathematics, Secondary 4: February 8;
- Science, Secondary 4: February 9;
- French, language of instruction, end of 3rd cycle of primary school (for 6th grade students taking part in a special intensive English learning project): Reading: January 22nd and 23rd; Writing: January 24th and 25th;
- Mathematics, end of 3rd cycle of primary school (for 6th grade students taking part in a special intensive English learning project): January 30th and 31st and February 1st.
At the end of December, Quebec announced that it was postponing the administration of these tests until a later date because students missed many days of school due to the teachers' strike.
These were mainly repeat examinations, which only affected a minority of students. In French Secondary 5, for example, almost 3,000 students registered for the January test.
Still, parent groups were concerned that Quebec students were not given equal footing on these tests.