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

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 …