Societe de formation a distance des commissions scolaires du Quebec (SOFAD), Canada

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Name:

Societe de formation a distance des commissions scolaires du Quebec (SOFAD)

Region:

North America - Canada

Description:

Distance education has existed in Quebec since 1946 and was part of the Ministry of Education for most of that period. In 1995, the Ministry decided to divest itself of this responsibility. Since then the direct services to students are offered by some 50 school boards who also established a new not-for-profit agency (SOFAD) responsible for developing the learning materials.

The school boards offer a wide range of courses: academic courses (English, French, mathematics, social sciences, science, personal and social development) that provide credit toward a high school leaving diploma, vocational education courses that lead to a vocational education diploma, manpower up-grading courses and popular education courses.

Address:

Societe de formation a distance des commissions scolaires du Quebec
(SOFAD)
2200 rue Sainte-Catherine Est
Montreal
Quebec H2K 2J1
CANADA

Phone:

(+1 514) 529-2170

Fax:

(+1 514) 529-2190

E-mail:

info@sofad.qc.ca

WWW:

http://www.sofad.qc.ca

Admission:

Applicants must register with a school board and be at least 16 years old.

Services:

Every school board that offers distance education offers telephone tutoring, correction of assignments, counselling and evaluation services.

Learning materials include print documents and assignments, audio cassettes, video cassettes, software, and kits for courses such as Chemistry and Physics. A French improvement course, Du francais sans fautes, is offered on the Internet.

Registration:

Students may enrol at any time of the year. Students temporarily living abroad may enrol as long as they have a mailing address in Quebec. No overseas enrolment except for Internet course.

Languages:

English, French

Overseas enrolment:

Statistical summary:

In 1996-1997, there were 10,890 registrations in credit courses. For non-credit courses the statistics are not available.

Date:

1 July 1998 st

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