Canada: N.B. compromises on cuts to French immersion, offers program in Grade 3

[Francis Hult]

The Canadian Press

 

N.B. compromises on cuts to French immersion, offers program in Grade 3

 

The New Brunswick government admitted it learned important political lessons on Tuesday as it modified a controversial decision to scrap early immersion in the province's English schools.

 

Premier Shawn Graham and Education Minister Kelly Lamrock announced the return of early French immersion, beginning in Grade 3, after weathering a firestorm of criticism over the decision to axe the Grade 1 immersion program.

 

"No one gives you a manual on how to govern," Graham said ruefully as he acknowledged the difficulty of French education issues in Canada's only officially bilingual province.

 

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http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtl8cV_WR19BKw5au82XOAsiFZ6Q

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