French Language Study Program: Immigration and Education Officials Need to Find Solution, Not Cast Aspersions on Students and English School Boards

MONTREAL, April 19, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - It's unacceptable that the future of hundreds of immigration candidates is in limbo despite graduating from French courses that were approved by Quebec's Ministry of Education. It is up to the provincial Ministries of Immigration and Education to find a remedy rather than sacrificing the future of would-be Quebecers and tarring the reputation of Quebec's English school boards.

The Programme de l'expérience québécoise (PEQ), a vocational and French-language study program, provides foreign students with a Quebec selection certificate - the first step towards becoming a permanent resident. But 18 months after passing their classes, many of them are being called in for interviews by Quebec's Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness (MIDI) to evaluate their French. Hundreds of those who graduated from the Lester B. Pearson School Board and the English Montreal School Board have had their immigration applications rejected.

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The Quebec Community Groups Network (www.qcgn.ca) is a not-for-profit organization bringing together 51 English-language community organizations across Quebec. As a centre of evidence-based expertise and collective action it identifies, explores and addresses strategic issues affecting the development and vitality of the English-speaking community of Quebec and encourages dialogue and collaboration among its member organizations, individuals, community groups, institutions and leaders. 

SOURCE Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)

Rita Legault, Director of Communications and Public Relations, [email protected], Telephone: [phone], ext. 223, Cellular: 514-912-6555

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