Education in Canada

The school system in Canada is a matter for the provinces, so that there is a wide variety of regulations on schools. The structure of the school system of the various provinces will be displayed in the chart below. All schools in Canada have in common that they are all-day schools and unit schools. Students can choose between public and private fee-based schools. The school is twelve years old and usually begins with the age of five. The curriculum of Canadian schools is determined by the Ministry of Education of each province (except for Advanced Placement courses). The schools can only choose from a list of books that are respected for their respective students as most appropriate. Especially popular are schools that offer so-called Advanced Placement courses (courses at the level of Canadian colleges ). Who has occupied such a course, thus increasing his chances to be accepted by the college of his choice.

Provinces and Territories

Proficiency

The performance level of Canadian schools is generally considered high. In the PISA studies Canada is regularly one of the top places. In Canada, the performance of students with an immigrant background with those of their native counterparts are comparable. Students whose native language is Hindi, are forward even the English-speaking students in terms of performance. The performance level of private schools is considered to be higher than that of public schools. Canada is the only OECD country in which the pupils of private schools learn more even after control of the family and socio- economic background, as the student population at public schools.

Problems

Although all schools follow the same curriculum, but some have a better reputation than others. In Canada there are in the public schools no school choice, as each school has its catchment area. However, you can make a request to be allowed to visit an out-of- school private residential area (cross boundary application). However, many schools with particularly good reputation have far more applicants from outside, as they can hold. So it is an important criterion for the value of a home, whether good schools in the vicinity.

African Canadian students have less access to education than their white peers. In Toronto, for example, had to leave school with no qualifications forty percent of them. As a solution to the problem " Afrocentric schools " ( afrocentric schools ) were of civil rights activists called for, which should meet the needs and culture of black students more. From still other civil rights activists, the idea was rejected. The first Afrocentric school opened its doors in Toronto in September 2009.