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C-11 - Charter of the French language
Section 88.0.17
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88.0.17. No Diploma of College Studies may be issued to a student who does not meet the following conditions:
(1) the student has the writing knowledge of French required by the curricula of the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology; and
(2) the student has successfully completed the three courses required under section 88.0.2.
To evaluate the knowledge of French for the purposes of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph, that minister shall impose a uniform examination whose content is the same for all students having received college instruction given in English or in French. However, a student who has received such instruction in English and been declared eligible to receive instruction in English in accordance with Division I is not required to take that examination to be issued the Diploma of College Studies.
88.0.17. No Diploma of College Studies may be issued to a student who does not meet the following conditions:
(1) the student has the writing knowledge of French required by the curricula of the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology; and
In force: 2024-07-01
(2) the student has successfully completed the three courses required under section 88.0.2.To evaluate the knowledge of French for the purposes of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph, that minister shall impose a uniform examination whose content is the same for all students having received college instruction given in English or in French. However, a student who has received such instruction in English and been declared eligible to receive instruction in English in accordance with Division I is not required to take that examination to be issued the Diploma of College Studies.
In force: 2023-07-01
88.0.17. No Diploma of College Studies may be issued to a student who does not meet the following conditions:
(1) the student has the writing knowledge of French required by the curricula of the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology; and
In force: 2024-07-01
(2) the student has successfully completed the three courses required under section 88.0.2.In force: 2023-07-01
To evaluate the knowledge of French for the purposes of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph, that minister shall impose a uniform examination whose content is the same for all students having received college instruction given in English or in French. However, a student who has received such instruction in English and been declared eligible to receive instruction in English in accordance with Division I is not required to take that examination to be issued the Diploma of College Studies.