EDUCATION IN CANADA

Education in Canada is generally divided by Elementary [Primary School, Public School], followed by Secondary [High School] and Post Secondary [University, College]. Education is provided and funded by federal, provincial and local governments and is compulsory up to the age of 16. Officially the school in Canada starts from September {after Labor Day} to the end of June {usually the last Friday of the month}.

Education vary between provinces.juior Kindergarten exists in some, however, Kindergarten is available in every province. Universal public funding is provided starting from grade one up to grade twelve. All Publicly funded schools are under the authority of their local district school board. One out of ten Canadians do not have a high school diploma and one in seven has a university degree, also publicly funded high school courses are offered to the adult population.

Since the Constitution Act, of 1982, in most places across Canada English, and French has been available.
Except for Ontario, Alberta, and certain cities in Saskatchewan, all other provinces had educational systems divided by religions {usually Catholic and occasionally protestant}.
In 1998 Quebec replaced Catholic/Protestant with French/English. They are supposed to attend a French School until the end of High School unless one of their parents previously attended an English-language school somewhere in Canada. The High School there ends after secondary five, the same as to grade eleven, after which they have to attend CEGEP as means of preparing for studies at university level.

In Canada Primary and Secondary Education are combined and are sometimes referred to as K-12 {Kindergarten to Grade twelve}.The secondary schooling also known as ‘High school or ‘Secondary school’ differs on the province where one resides, and the system follows the American pattern

Government provides funding to the public post-secondary institutions, and also some funding comes from tuition fees, the federal government, and research grants. Universities grant degrees {e.g. bachelors, masters or doctorate degrees} while colleges, offer vocationally oriented programmes, grant diplomas and certificates. Some colleges offer Art degrees that are equivalent to degrees from a university.

Throughout schooling each Canadian student must meet a standard through the government, not in achievement of grades, but in overall knowledge they gather. Ranks are recorded and a survey is performed every three years.