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Students, teachers urge Quebec to follow rest of Canada, get rid of finals worth 50% [Video]

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Post author By Curator
Post date June 2, 2025

Quebec’s standardized French, English, math, science and history exams for Grade 10 and 11 students account for between 25 per cent and 50 per cent of their final grades. Some teachers and students say exams should be worth less — or done away with entirely.

As students across the province get ready to write their ministerial exams, the pressure is high — and so are the stakes.

Luca Di Fiore, a Grade 11 student, says the final exam feels like a judgment.

“It seems unfair almost after everything you do throughout the entire year,” he said.

“To hear that one test that you do at the end of the year, irrespective of everything you’ve accomplished throughout the entire year, could just change everything for you [is unfortunate].”

Quebec is the only province in Canada where some final exams account for 50 per cent of high school students’ final grades. Some …