Media Advisory-2nd edition of the Rencontres interregionales sur la perseverance et la reussite scolaires: More Than 700 Decision-Makers Expected in Quebec City on October 19 and 20
(firmenpresse) - MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 09/22/11 -- L. Jacques Menard, Chairman of the Groupe d'action sur la perseverance et la reussite scolaires and President of BMO Financial Group, Quebec, Michel Perron, professor at the Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi and holder of the Chaire UQAC-Cegep de Jonquiere sur les conditions de vie, la sante et les aspirations des jeunes (VISAJ), Richard Desjardins, Chairman of the Board of Reunir Reussir (R2), Josee Bouchard, Chairwoman of the Federation des commissions scolaires du Quebec (FCSQ), and Debbie Horrocks, President of the Quebec English School Boards Association, will unveil the program and objectives of the 2nd Rencontres interregionales sur la perseverance et la reussite scolaires.
The Rencontres, to be held in Quebec City on October 19 and 20, will bring together more than 700 Quebec decision-makers, including the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports, Line Beauchamp, and the Minister of Health and Social Services, Yves Bolduc. This major gathering is part of the Quebec-wide effort to ensure that, by 2020, 80 per cent of young people under 20 will have a diploma, a goal to be accomplished by mobilizing civil society, local communities and the education community and through initiatives that convey the importance of student success.
About the Groupe d'action sur la perseverance et la reussite scolaires
This action group is formed of 27 representatives from education, the business world, and organizations and experts working in fields related to student retention. The group aims to ensure that action is taken at the provincial and regional levels while relying heavily on direct efforts at the local level in order to build on the initiatives already under way in Quebec. The action group published the Knowledge Is Power report in 2009.
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BMO Financial Group
Ronald Monet
514 877-1873 or 514 877-7251
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Datum: 22.09.2011 - 09:11 Uhr
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