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Elementary Education in Canada

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начальная школа

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Collège Notre-Dame de Montréal is a private French high school on Queen-Mary Street in Montreal, Quebec

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HEC Montreal (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal) is a business and management school affiliated with the Universite de Montreal.

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библиотека универа

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Apprenticeships in Canada allow students to learn the skills they need for a given trade by working hands-on in that environment under a qualified supervisor. Apprenticeship training involves a contract between an apprentice and an employer—registered with the province or jurisdiction—in which the employer provides the apprentice with training and experience for a trade. Programs such as these vary in length depending on the type of trade or program, ranging anywhere from two to five years.  Registered apprenticeship programs combine real-world experience with classroom education.

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Founded in 1827 as King's College, the University of Toronto, located around Queen's Park, is ranked first academically among Canadian research universities.

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POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

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POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

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Once students successfully graduate from high school (Secondary V in Quebec) they are free to apply to the college or university of their choice.  In Canada, the term college usually refers to a community college or a technical, applied arts, or applied science school.  These schools are post-secondary institutions that grant vocational certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees.  Many students use college as a way to prepare further for a university education, gaining transferrable credits that can be applied once they transfer.  Other students use college to prepare for a trade or vocation, earning a diploma or certificate that would allow them to immediately pursue employment opportunities following the completion of the program.

A university in Canada is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. The degree structure at Canadian universities is:

Bachelor’s Degree.  A Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate degree that typically takes three, four or five years to complete (depending on the province and class availability) for full-time students.

Master’s Degree.  A Master of Arts or Master of Science is known as a graduate degree, one that typically takes two years to complete.

PhD.  The Doctorate or PhD degree is a specialized post-graduate degree that can take anywhere from 3-6 years to complete.

Generally speaking, universities grant degrees (e.g., bachelor's, master's or doctorate degrees) while colleges, which typically offer vocationally-oriented programs, grant diplomas and certificates. However, some colleges offer applied arts degrees that lead to or are equivalent to degrees from a university.

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Secondary education in Canada is divided into two levels: junior high school and high school.

Junior high school starts when a student completes the 6th grade of primary school. The school includes two years, during which students master the program of the 8th and 9th grades. They are taught many of the same subjects in which they received instruction in primary school, although the difficulty increases substantially.  Other subjects are also added to the curriculum in intermediate school, most notably foreign language instruction—French, Spanish, English (for Quebec students), etc.

High school is a four year program, but in the Province of Ontario only, students can take advantage of a fifth year of high school, usually referred to as Grade 12+. The curriculum in all of Canada’s high schools is designed to prepare students for a college or university education and/or provide them with the skills to succeed vocationally once they graduate.

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Canadian school bus

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Elementary Education in Canada consists of six grades and is compulsory for all children who reached the age of 6-7 years. Under the guidance of one teacher, children study mathematics, reading, language arts, social studies, history, geography, science, music, art and physical education. It is worth to mention that when it comes to language arts, the majority of programs are focused on teaching English. Nevertheless, in Quebec, the first language if French, so the primary education in Quebec includes learning of French, not English.

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Pre-elementary programs in Canada — educational programs offered to young children (4-5 years) prior to that student beginning elementary school at age six. This level of education is carried out in the so-called kindergarten for one year, with Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta offering additional years of free preschool. Though in the most jurisdictions pre-primary education is optional, there are exceptions: in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, pre-primary education is mandatory.

The curriculum in kindergartens includes learning the alphabet, gaining basic pre-reading and mathematics skills, music, art, and play. Though such programs are far from rigid, the main aim of any pre-school is to prepare a child for success at the next level of education – primary school.

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Canada is a beautiful country that is the world’s second-largest country by total area, consists of 10 distinct provinces and 3 territories.

Education in Canada is a very high priority of the government. Jurisdiction of the public education system, as well its curriculum, is overseen by each province. As a result, one can expect to see slight variations in the educational systems of each province (the type of programs offered, minimum and maximum age requirements, etc.), but there are more similarities in these systems.

Canada’s system of education has four general levels: pre-elementary, elementary, secondary and post-secondary education. Consider each of them.