Education in Canada
Education has two main goals: to give individuals the opportunity to develop
themselves, and to provide society with the skills it needs to evolve in its best
interests. Canada's educational system is based on finding a coordinated approach
to the pursuit of these sometimes conflicting goals. Comprehensive, diversified, and
available to everyone, the system reflects the Canadian belief in the importance of
education.
Education in Canada consists of 10 provincial and two territorial systems, including
public schools, "separate" (i.e., denominational) schools, and private schools.
Children are required by law to attend school from the age of 6 or 7 until they are
15 or 16. To make it possible to fulfil this obligation, all non-private education
through secondary (or "high") school is publicly funded. In Quebec, general and
vocational colleges (CEGEPs, or Colleges d'enseignement général et professionnel)
are also publicly funded and require only a......
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