QUEBEC CITY Quebec Education Minister Jean-François Roberge will reintroduce mandatory ministerial exams in 2021-22 and change the way they are weighted. The announcement was made Thursday at a news conference in Quebec City on educational success and the gradual return to normalcy for students. The 2021-2022 school year will be divided into two terms, with the following weighting: 40 per cent for the first term (August 2021 to January 2022) and 60 per cent for the second (February 2022 to June 2022). Reports to parents will be required at the mid-stage to keep them informed of their child s progress. Currently, the first report card is worth 35 per cent of the final grade and the second report card is worth 65 per cent. In a typical year, the weighting goes as follows: 20 per cent 20 per cent 60 per cent.
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QUEBEC â Education Minister Jean-François Roberge was caught in the crossfire on Thursday over allegations he lied when he said public health approved his protocols for testing the quality of air in classrooms.
The issue was raised in a Radio-Canada report stating Roberge did not have the blessing of Quebecâs public health department for the methods the Education Ministry used as the basis of its claim that classroom air was virus free.
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