Quebec Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge speaks during a press briefing in Montreal, on Nov. 19, 2020.Quebec’s education minister says the province is cancelling ministerial exams for high school students and will put out a call for qualified teaching personnel and education students to join a new tutoring program to be launched in the coming weeks.
The measures he’s announcing include allowing teachers to delay issuing first report cards, providing computers or tablets to students who need them and additional resources for learning and mental health.Primary students will now have to wear masks in halls and common areas and those in Grades 5 and 6 will have to wear them in class. High school students, who also have to wear masks in class, will be provided two surgical masks a day.
The Quebec government announced new measures this week to curb rising infections but chose to reopen primary schools as scheduled Jan. 11 and high schools a week later.
MontrealCanadiens can play hockey indoors and break curfew.