P.Q. pulls the plug on English immersion programs

Universal English immersion will no longer go ahead as planned in Quebec's French schools.

 

According to the Gazette, Education Minister Marie Malavoy made the announcement on Thursday.

She wants to scrap the Liberals' plan to offer English immersion to French students by the 2015-2016 school year.

 

Malavoy said students must at least speak English and be understood by the end of high school. She did add that French students must master their mother tongue above all.

 

Students currently enrolled in an immersion program may continue and individual schools can set up their own immersion program on their own dime.

 

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