More French courses at English-language universities – Report

More courses in French are needed in English-language universities in Quebec, says the province’s French Language Commissioner Benoît Dubreuil. In his view, too many students are choosing to pursue higher education in English, writes Thomas Laberge for CTV News Montreal.

“The current proportion, where more than one student in five (22.4%) studies in English at college and university, seems to us to be too high,” he says in his latest report, tabled in the National Assembly on Wednesday 20 November, which proposes a number of ways to halt the decline of French in Quebec.

In his view, the government should set a target of “85% of instruction in French in higher education, with the goal of gradually increasing the presence of the language”. In his report, he proposes a series of measures to achieve this, including increasing the number of courses in French at English-language universities.
Full report on the CTV News Montreal site