Quebec allocates $54M for platform that teaches French to kids
Posted September 30, 2024 5:51 pm.
Québec is granting Alloprof more than $54 million over three years to develop a new platform dedicated to teaching French to elementary and high school students.
Education Minister Bernard Drainville made the announcement on Monday in the library of an elementary school on Montreal’s South Shore.
“It’s a very large investment. But if we want to improve our students’ performance in French, we have to make investments like these,” Drainville said.
The platform, already available online, is called Allofrancais and is designed to complement the work done in class by teachers. Content will be enhanced until 2027.
Students will find worksheets, videos and educational games. Starting from the 2025-26 school year, Alloprof, known for its digital resources in a variety of subjects, promises to offer personalized courses adapted to students’ difficulties in French. Activities will also change as students progress.
“We’re putting technology at the service of pedagogy,” said Drainville.
“Individualized support will also be offered through tutoring services provided by teachers,” the Quebec government added in a press release.
Alloprof says it supports 550,000 different students and carries out an average of 60 million interventions every year. With this new platform, the organization expects to provide an additional 22 million tutoring sessions in French alone over the next three years, according to co-founder and CEO Sandrine Faust.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
