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            French school enrolment on the rise
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        <p>French-language schools in the province have surpassed the milestone
 of 100,000 students enrolled across Ontario's 12 French school boards, 
an increase of 1,845 students over the previous academic year.</p>
<p>Enrolment has increased steadily at a rate of about 2% province-wide 
over the past decade, though those numbers are considerably higher in 
Ottawa, with an estimated 5% growth in student population 
year-over-year.</p>
<p>The steady increase can be traced back to 2004, when the Ontario 
government adopted a linguistic policy for French-language education 
focusing on "the appropriation of francophone culture, academic 
achievement, student recruitment, community involvement and early 
childhood education."</p>
<p>The policy is paying dividends, said Gyslaine Hunter-Perreault, spokesperson for French-Language Education.</p>
<p>"One of the pillars of the policy is really the vitality of the 
French-language community, and the more people coming to our schools, 
the more francophones overall, the better the French community will be,"
 she said.</p>
<p>Boards across the province -- including both French Catholic and 
French public boards in the Ottawa region -- have also bolstered their 
recruitment and promotional efforts.</p>
<p>"Every school board has their recruitment and marketing strategy, but
 on top of that, the French-language policy (helps) in making their 
existence known," said Hunter-Perreault.</p>
<p>"Ten years ago, maybe not as many people knew about the existence of 
French-language school boards and the fact they could be very 
successful."</p>
<p>Standardized testing results at French-language boards compare favourably with their English-language counterparts.</p>
<p>The schools are also seeing a sharp increase in immigrant population,
 including children whose mother tongue is neither English nor French.</p>
<p>In the last academic year, 7,917 students in French-language schools 
were born outside Canada, representing nearly 8% of the total student 
population.</p>
<p>Hunter-Perreault said the milestone is proof the French-language 
system "has been a good example of serving the communities throughout 
the province."</p><p><a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/01/28/french-school-enrolment-on-the-rise">http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/01/28/french-school-enrolment-on-the-rise</a><br></p><p><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message.  A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well.  (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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